Berry-Hill/Exhibitions

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Provenance
Cattaneo sale, 1907
Breschi collection, Brussels

Literature
Peiro Boccardo and Clario di Fabio, "Lucas e Cornelis de Wael," in Van Dyck a Genova, exhibition catalogue, Genoa, 1997, cat. 63, ill.191, p. 310 (as Flemish[?])

		Old Master Paintings & Drawings IV
	Anthony van Dyck Antwerp 1599-1641 Blackfriars
		Portrait of Lucas de Wael Oil on canvas 46 1/2 x 34 7/8 inches (118 x 88.5 cm)
	During his stay in Genoa, Van Dyck was a guest of the brothers Cornelis and Lucas de Wael, as the famous double portrait in the Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome, recalls. According to Dr. Christopher Brown, this portrait represents Lucas de Wael, who was a painter and a friend of the artist. Dr. Susan Barnes will be including this work in the upcoming catalogue raisonnee, in the section on the artist's work in Genoa.