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Portrait of Count Hendrik van den Bergh
Paulus Pontius (mentioned on object), c. 1625 - before 1658
The caption to this print tells us that the sitter is Count Hendrik van den Bergh. However, the virtuoso painting by Anthony van Dyck used as a model had been known for centuries as a portrait of the Duke of Alva, governor of the Netherlands during the Eighty Years’ War. It was only when a link was made between the print and the painting that the man in the painting was correctly identified.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-2010-329-123
- Dimensionsheight 359 mm x width 295 mm
- Physical characteristicsets en gravure