SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (1599-1641)
Portrait of a Man
c. 1630RCIN 406036
This is one of several Van Dyck heads of c.1630, executed in a free and confident style, seen through a stone oval window which was probably added by an assistant. The heads may have been sketches taken from life in preparation for a group portrait which has not survived.
Acquired by Frederick, Prince of Wales
Cat. 139