Portrait of a Young Man of the Spinola Family, One of the artist's early Italian portraits, this painting depicts a young man of the Spinola family. He wears a large ruff. He stands in a bit of a contrapasto stance, holding a hat in his right hand and looking into the distance. A Solomonic column stands in the background behind him. At the base of the column is the Spinola family crest.

 Item — Box: 263
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s36-i0766

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Portrait of a Young Man of the Spinola Family, One of the artist's early Italian portraits, this painting depicts a young man of the Spinola family. He wears a large ruff. He stands in a bit of a contrapasto stance, holding a hat in his right hand and looking into the distance. A Solomonic column stands in the background behind him. At the base of the column is the Spinola family crest.

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Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0736; Public Notes: A related drawing by someone other than Van Dyck exists in Albertina, Vienna. The present painting's accession number is PR115. This painting was originally wrongly attributed to Rubens.

Dates

  • Creation: 1930 - 1967

Creator

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Biographical / Historical

Subjects: Portraits; Columns; Swords; Hats; School: Flemish; Style period: Baroque; Technique: painting (technique); Work type: paintings

Full Extent

1 Items : Image Work Type: photographic print ; Image height (in.): 9.7; Image width (in.): 6.5in.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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