A Noble Child with a Greyhound
follower of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1640 - 1693
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1435 x 1054 mm (56 1/2 x 41 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 453752
Caption
This was one of the pictures purchased by William I Blathwayt (?1649–1717) from his uncle Thomas Povey (1613/14–c.1705) in 1693. When it was bought from Povey, it was simply titled 'A picture of a Boy wth a Grayhound' and the identity of the sitter is still unknown.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Noble Child with a Greyhound, follower of Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641). A boy stands by a fluted column in a landscape, his left hand on the neck of a dog at the right which gazes up at him. The boy is dressed in a pale blue tunic with a mauve cloak and Roman sandles. He looks out towards the left of the picture and gestures towards the viewer with his right hand.
Provenance
Purchased by William I Blathwayt (?1649-1717) from Thomas Povey (1613/14-c.1705) in 1693; thence by descent; Indigenous purchased by the Ministry of Works in 1956 and given to Dyrham Park in 1961
Credit line
Dyrham Park, The Blathwayt Collection (acquired by the Ministry of Works via the National Land Fund in 1956, and transferred to the National Trust)
Makers and roles
follower of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), artist possibly Jacob Huysmans (Antwerp c.1630 – London 1696), artist