[1934] the Portrait Etchings of Anthony Van Dyck

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KANSAS CITY, MO PUBLIC LIBRARY

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as portraits or prints, and full of compelling inspiration. Theyare as modem in their style today as they were at the time oftheir production, and have remained the standard and com-manded the emulation of all that is greatest among recentportrait etching." A. M. HIND

"Les dix-huit portraits traces par Van Dyck sont admirable.La physionomie des peintres, graveurs, sculpteurs ou ama-teurs amis de van Dyck, qu'il confie au metal, est saisie surle vif ; elle apparait vivante, expressive, sous son angle le plusfavorable. Assurement jamais peintre n'a mieux compris niplus habilement traduit 1'esprit de son modele, n'a imprimesur un visage, en traits plus eloquents, avec une simp licite demoyens plus grande, une personnalite, un caractere indivi-duel." GEORGES DUPLESSIS

"The most striking quality of the plates before us is theiroriginality. In painting Van Dyck owes a debt at one time toRubens, and at another to Correggio, Titian, or to Paul Vero-nese, but in etching he owes nothing to anybody. He in-vented the freely-etched portrait, and left a tradition whichstill influences this branch of Art." FRANK NEWBOLT

"No true critic can be indifferent to Van Dyck. He is one ofthe great princes of the art, a royal master who is to be spokenof only with the most profound respect. He had all the greatqualities; he had perfect freedom and exquisite refinement;he used the needle with admirable ease and force, and hismasterly force was restrained and tempered with a cultivatedseverity. . . . His aims were few, his choice of means instinc-tively wise and right, his command of them absolute, his suc-cess complete." p. G. HAMERTON


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PIETER BREUGHEL, THE YOUNGERWIBIRAL 2 DUT1

FIRST STATE"Extrement rare"

WIBIRALWatermark: Shield with fleur-de-lys and letters S. I. and letters W. R.below. (Wibiral figure 7)"The portrait of Picter Bretighcl well represents the Flemishmaster, with its massive characterization, economy of line,and virile drawing." w . P . ROBINSBorn at Brussels in 1565. Died at Antwerp about 1637. Knownas "Hollen Breughel' 7 (Hell Breughel) from the frightful andeccentric subjects he painted. As a painter he is inferior tohis father "Boeren Breughel" (Peasant Breughel).

Collection : P. H. LANKRINK


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ANTHONY CORNELISSENWIBIRAL 3 DUTUIT I/

SECONDS T ATE THIRDSTATE"Extremement rare" "Tres rare"Watermark: Crowned shield with fleur-de-lys, and letters V. M.

(Wibiral figure 6a)

"The First State is so rare that there are known of it two orthree proofs only. There is a counterproof in the Albertina,Vienna. The Second State, finished by Vorsterman, beforeletters, is of the very greatest rarity." EUGENE DUTUITThe plate was elaborated in etching and engraving, in theSecond State, by Lucas Vorsterman. On an impression beforeletters, in the British Museum, the manuscript inscription isAnt. van DycJ^ pinxit. L. Vorsterman sculp.Art Amateur. Born at Antwerp 1565. Died 1639.

Collection: SIR PETER LELY


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ANTHONY VAN DYCKWIBIRAL 4 DUTUIT 3

FIRST STATE"De la derniere rarete" "Extremement rare"

WIBIRAL DUTUITWatermark: Shield with fleur-de-lys and letters S. I. and letters W. R.below (Wibiral figure 7)"The presentation of the head approaches perfection, and car-ries the analytical method to its farthest possible point; of itskind, there is no finer etching known." FRANK NEWBOLT


S ECOND STATE"Extremement rare" "Tres rare"

WIBIRAL DUTUITWatermark: Fool's bauble

The plate finished in line engraving by Jacob Neefs. Pedestaland inscription added; date 1645, and name of Gillis Hen-dricx as publisher.



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DESIDERIUS ERASMUSWIBIRAL 5 DUTUIT 4

FIRST STATE"Extremement rare" "Tres rare"

WIBIRAL DUTUITWatermark: Shield with fleur-de-lys and letters S. I. and letters W. R.below (Wibiral figure 7)"II faut tout d'abord citer le portrait d'Erasme, qui est a peineconnu et qui n'a jamais etc acheve ni par Van Dyck ni paraucun autre. La morsure en a etc malheureuse et toute unpartie est couverte de points resultant de la crevure du vernis.Malgre cela, c'est marveille de dessin et de fidelite; jamaispersonne n'a si bien rendu le dessin precis et serre d'Holbein."PAUL CHERON, GAZETTE DES BEAUX ARTS, SEPTEMBER., 1875DESIDERIUS ERASMUS, the most celebrated of the humanistsnorth of the Alps, and in certain ways a pioneer of the Refor-mation, was born at Rotterdam about the year 1467, and diedat Basel on July 12, 1536.



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PHILIPPE, BARON LE ROYWIBIRAL PAGE 69. C DUTUIT 6

FIRST STATE"De la derniere rarete" "Tres rare"WIEIRAL DUTUIT

Watermark: Shield with fleur-de-lys and letters S. I. and letters W. R.below (Wibiral figure 7)"Except for the blot over the shoulder, which is due to an im-perfection in the ground, and was easily removed by scrapingthe copper, this etching may be described as perfect in everydetail. . . . What strikes us most about it is the ease and cer-tainty with which the etcher has fixed the pensive expressionof his aristocratic sitter, the size and position of the head, andthe astonishing technical skill shown." FRANK NEWBOLT

Seigneur de Ravels,President of the Council of Finance of

Brabant. He was a great patron of art, and a personal friendof Van Dyck.

Collection : SIR PETER LELY


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JOSSE DE MOMPERWIBIRAL 7 DUTUIT JFIRST STATE

"Extremement rare" "Tres rare"WIBIRAL DUTUIT

Vatermark: Shield with fleur-de-lys and letters S. I. and letters W. R.below (Wibiral figure 7)Born at Amsterdam 1564. Died 1634. Landscape and marine3ainter. Pictures by him are to be found in the galleries ofDresden, Madrid, Amsterdam, Bruges, Berlin, Copenhagenand Leningrad.



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ADAM VAN NOORTWIBIRAL 8 DUTUIT 8

THIRD STATE"Extremement rare" Rare

WIBIRAL DUTUITWatermark: Shield with fleur-de-lys and letters S. I. and letters W. R.below (Wibiral figure 7)

The British Museum possesses an impression (cut) of theFirst State, before the wall, and a Second State (also cut)which was unknown to Weber, and first described by M.Georges Duplessis.Born at Antwerp 1557. Died 1641. He was the teacher ofRubens and Jordaens, the last-named having married VanNoort's daughter. He had a genius for color only second tothat of Rubens. Doubtless many of his paintings pass underthe names of his various pupils.



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PAUL PONTIUSWIBIRAL 9 DXTTUIT 9

SECOND STATE"De la derniere rarete"

Watermark: Shield with fleur-de-lys and letters S. I. and letters W. R.below (Wibiral figure 7)Of the First State, before the background was shaded, threeimpressions only are known; those in the British Museum(Chambers Hall Collection) ; in Dresden and in Vienna.Born at Antwerp 1596. Died 1658. He was instructed in theart of engraving by Lucas Vorsterman, but improved his de-signs on the advice and friendship of Rubens, from whoseworks he engraved many admirable plates. He was not lesssuccessful in the fine portraits he engraved after Van Dyck,in which he seems to have adapted his style to the particularcharacter of the person represented. His plates are engravedin a clear, bold manner and will ever be esteemed among theablest productions of Flemish Art.



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FRANS SNYDERSWIBIRAL II DUTUIT II

FIRST STATE"Cette admirable piece est une des plus rare de 1'oeuvre de Van Dyck"

WIBIRAL"Tres rare" DUTUIT

Small portion of watermark, unknown to Wibiral

Born at Antwerp in 1579. Died at Antwerp 1657. He re-ceived his first instruction from Hendrick van Balen andPieter Breughel. He painted animals and hunts with sur-prising fire and spirit. His talents excited the admiration ofRubens,, who frequently intrusted to Snyders the painting ofanimals,, fruit, etc.,, in his pictures., and in turn, Rubens andJordaens occasionally painted the figures in Snyders' picturesof kitchens and larders stored with game, fish, fruit, vege-tables, etc. Van Dyck painted Snyders 5 portrait more thanonce, and his etching is one of the very finest in the "Icon-ography."

Collection: P. H. LANKRINK


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JUSTUS SUTTERMANSWIBIRAL 12. DUTUIT 12

FIRST STATE"De la derniere raret


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LUCAS VORSTERMANWIBIRAL 14 DUTUIT 13

FIRST STATE"Dc la derniere rarete" "Tres rare"

WIBIRAL DUTUIT

Watermark: Shield with fleur-de-lys, letters S. I. and lettersW. R. below (Wibiral figure 7)

"The execution of the portrait itself, including the drapery,is quite magnificent, ... the hair is very fine and beautifuland there are some remarkably fine darks in the drapery,especially to the left side." P. G. HAMERTON

"On regard cette piece comme le chef d'oeuvre des eaux-fortes de Van Dyck." F*. WIBIRAL

Born at Antwerp in 1580. Died about 1675. He first studiedpainting in the school of Rubens, but was advised by histeacher to devote himself entirely to engraving. Few paintershave had the satisfaction of seeing their works so well trans-lated as Rubens by Vorsterman, who worked immediatelyunder the painter's direction and had the benefit of his ad-vice. Vorsterman visited England about 1623 and remainedthere for eight years being employed by King Charles I andthe Earl of Arundel.

Collection: P. H. LANKRINK


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WILLEM DE VOSWIBIRAL 15 DUTUIT 14

SECOND STATE"Extremement rare" WIBIRAL

Watermark: Shield with fleur-de-lys and letters S. I. and letters W. R.below (Wibiral figure 7)Of the First State before the background three impressionsonly are known: two are in the British Museum (one fromthe Chambers Hall Collection, cut and damaged, the othertouched in sepia wash). The third is in Vienna.Son of Pieter de Vos, the younger, and nephew and scholarof Marten de Vos. He was born probably at Antwerp, and in1593 entered the Guild of St. Luke, of which he became Deanin 1600, His portrait was painted and etched by Van Dyckamong those of the distinguished artists of his time.

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PAUL DE VOSWIBIRAL 1 6 DUTUIT 15

FIRST STATE"De la derniere rarete" "Tres rare"

WIBIRAL DUTUITWatermark: Double eagle, but not completely seen

(Probably Wibiral figure u)Born at Hulst about 1600. Died in 1654. Brother of Cornellsde Vos. From the subjects and style of his pictures, it is prob-able that he was a disciple of Frans Snyders. He painted ani-mals and hunting scenes with great ability, and his works areaccounted little inferior to those of that distinguished artist.



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JAN DE WAELWIBIRAL 17 DUTUIT 1 6

SECOND STATE"De la derniere rarete" "Tres rare"

Watermark: Shield with fleur-de-lys and letters S.I. and letters W. R.below (Wibiral figure 7)First State according to Dutuit and Wibiral. Since the pub-lication of their catalogues an impression before the back-ground has been found. It is unique, and is now in the col-lection of Baron Edmond de Rothschild, Paris.Born at Antwerp in 1557. Died in Antwerp in 1633. Pupil ofFrans Francken the elder. He painted historical subjects inthe style of his master, and acquired sufficient celebrity to bereceived a member of the Academy in his native city. Hispictures are very rare. Van Dyck painted and etched hisportrait.

Collection : SIR PETER LELY


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JAN WAVERIUSWIBIRAL 1 8 DUTUIT 23

THIRD STATE"Extremement rare" "Tres rare"

WIBIRAL DUTUITWatermark: Shield with fleur-de-lys and letters S. I. and lettersW. R. below (Wibiral figure 7)

Two impressions only are known in the First State. One is inthe collection of the Duke of Devonshire ; the other in that ofBaron Edmond de Rothschild. Of the Second State twoproofs only are known. One is in the British Museum; theother (retouched in white and bistre) is in Amsterdam.The subject was completed in engraving by Paul Pontius.Born at Antwerp 1575. Died 1635.



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