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(After) Anthony Van DyckPortrait of Sir Edward Littleton, First Baron Lyttleton, Old Masters Oilc.1641
c.1641
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After Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641)
Portrait of Sir Edward Lord Littleton, First Baron Lyttleton (1589-1645)
Oil on canvas
Image size: 96 by 76 cm
Hand carved auricular frame
Sir Edward Littleton was Solicitor-General to Charles I, 1634-40; Chief Justice of Common Pleas, January 1640-January 1641; Lord Keeper, 1641-45.
Painted in his robes, and wearing the chain of office, of the Chief Justice of the Commons Pleas; the dress of the sitter dates the painting to the last eighteen months of van Dyck’s life. The picture was probably painted to celebrate Littleton’s preferment to the Chief Justiceship; various copies were undertaken for circulation among friends.
Autograph versions exist in a private collection (see Barnes, et al., Van Dyck, p. 553), and at Hagley Hall, Staffordshire. There are four known copies: in the Harvard Law School Art Collection; the Inner Temple, London; the National Portrait Gallery; and this present version of the head and shoulders (noted in Barnes, et al., Van Dyck, p. 553).
Literature: Lionel Cust, Anthony van Dyck: An Historical Study of his Life and Works (London, 1900), p. 278; this version listed Susan J. Barnes, Nora de Poorter, Oliver Millar, and Horst Vey, Van Dyck: a Complete Catalogue of the Paintings (New Haven and London, 2004), pp. 553-4.
- Creator:(After) Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641, Dutch)
- Creation Year:c.1641
- Dimensions:Height: 36.23 in (92 cm)Width: 29.93 in (76 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:1 of 1Price: $53,420
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU5245251822
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