LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

17.72 in. (45.00 cm.) (height) by 26.38 in. (67.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

On extended loan to the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tenn.

Literature:

Abridged Catalogue of the Pictures at Doughty House, Richmond. (Belonging to Sir Frederick Cook, Bart., Visconde de Monserrate) London 1907 & 1914, p. 20, no. 51, in The Long Gallery as "Heads of Two Apostles"; E. Schaeffer, Van Dyck: des Meisters Gemälde, Klassiker der Kunst, vol. 13, Stuttgart and Leipzig 1909, p. 9; J.O. Kronig, A Catalogue of the Paintings at Doughty House, Richmond, & Elsewhere in the Collection of Sir Frederick Cook, Bt., Visconde de Monserrate, ed. by Herbert Cook, vol. 2, London 1914: Dutch and Flemish Schools, no. 252, in The Long Gallery as "Heads of Two Apostles", reproduced fig. 252; H. Rosenbaum, Der junge van Dyck (1615-1621), Ph.D. dissertation, for Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich 1928, p. 44; G. Glück, Van Dyck, des Meisters Gemälde, Klassiker der Kunst, vol. 13, Stuttgart and Berlin 1931, 2nd rev. ed., pp. 36 and 522; Abridged Catalogue of the Pictures at Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey, in the Collection of Sir Herbert Cook, Bart., London 1932, p. 36, no. 252, in The Long Gallery as "Heads of Two Apostles"; H. Vey, "De Apostel Judas Thaddeus", in Bulletin Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, vol. 10, 1959, p. 91; E. Larsen, L'Opera completa di Van Dyck, 1613-1626, Milan 1980, p. 88, no. 66, reproduced p. 89; A. McNairn, The Young Van Dyck / Le jeune Van Dyck, exhibition catalogue, Ottawa 1980, p. 51 under no. 12; M. Roland, "Some thoughts on van Dyck's Apostle Series", in Revue d'Art Canadienne / Canadian Art Review (RACAR), vol. 10, 1983, p. 25; E. Larsen, The Paintings of Anthony van Dyck, Luca 1988, vol. II, p. 70, no. 143, reproduced; S. Barnes, N. de Poorter et al, Van Dyck: A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, New Haven and London 2004, pp. 88-89, no. I-90, reproduced in reverse, and p.40 under no. I-23.

Provenance:

Sir J.C. Robinson (1824 – 1913), from whom acquired by; Sir Francis Cook, 1st Bt. (1817-1901), Richmond; Sir Frederick Cook, 2nd Bt. (1844-1920), Richmond; Sir Herbert Cook, 3rd Bt. ( 1868-1939), Richmond; Sir Francis Cook, 4th Bt. (1907-1978); By whom sold to F.A. Drey with eight other paintings, April 14, 1946; With F.A. Drey, London; From whom acquired by I. Rosenbaum in 1947; With I. Rosenbaum N.V., Amsterdam; With Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries, New York; From whom acquired by Montgomery H.W. Ritchie in 1952; Thence by descent to the present owner.