heading in green ink: - History of Portrait -

This picture was painted in the Netherlands shortly before Van Dyck left for England.

year in green ink: 1798 Collection: Duke of Orleans Earl of Carlisle, Castle Howard. year in green ink: 1857 Exhibited in the Exposition of Manchester.

heading in green ink: - Criticisms - The noble conception, with which a slight trace of melancholy is blended, the admirable drawing, (for instance the foreshortened ear) the masterly modelling, the gradation in a warm, clear, yellowish tone, nearly akin to that of Rubens, and the simplicity of the forms, render this not only one of the finest portraits of

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