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ANTHONY VAN DYCK. Study Head of a Young Woman

Study Head of a Young Woman. Artist: Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, Antwerp 1599-1641 London). Dimensions: 22 1/4 x 16 3/8 in. (56.5 x 41.6 cm). Date: ca. 1618-20.
Study heads of this type were painted by Van Dyck using live models, whose features were then repeated in finished pictures, usually of religious subjects. Indeed, the present figure served as the prototype for a likeness of the Virgin in a depiction of the Holy Family. The iconography of the melancholy young woman with long hair streaming down her shoulders also suits images of Mary Magdalen; intriguingly, an early biographer tells us that Van Dyck once depicted his sister Susanna in that guise.

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Author: Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641)

Title: Study Head of a Young Woman

Caption: Study Head of a Young Woman. Artist: Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, Antwerp 1599-1641 London). Dimensions: 22 1/4 x 16 3/8 in. (56.5 x 41.6 cm). Date: ca. 1618-20. Study heads of this type were painted by Van Dyck using live models, whose features were then repeated in finished pictures, usually of religious subjects. Indeed, the present figure served as the prototype for a likeness of the Virgin in a depiction of the Holy Family. The iconography of the melancholy young woman with long hair streaming down her shoulders also suits images of Mary Magdalen; intriguingly, an early biographer tells us that Van Dyck once depicted his sister Susanna in that guise.

Technique/material: Oil on paper, laid down on wood

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 2948 × 4026 px | 34.0 MB

Print size: 25.0 × 34.1 cm | 1160.6 × 1585.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: CHALK • DRAWINGS • EUROPE • EUROPEAN PAINTINGS • FLANDERS • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • OIL ON PAPER, LAID DOWN ON WOOD • OIL PAINT • OIL PAINTING • OIL PAINTINGC PIO DI SAVOIA • OLI PAINTING • PAINTINGS • PAPER • PASTELS & OIL SKETCHES ON PAPER • PASTELS • SKETCHES • VAN DYCK, ANTHONY • WOOD