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Portrait of Cornelis van der Geest

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subject's eyes which was achieved with the use of white paint. The portrait includes only van der Geest's head and shoulders, which allowed the artist to concentrate on the facial features and details of the white ruffled collar. The painting was executed with a single light source in front and above the subject.
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technology has shown that the original painting may have been only the head inside a simulated oval frame, without the dark background. It is also clear that parts of the white ruffled collar were executed by a later artist. More wood was added to the bottom of the original oak-wood oval, probably in
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the painting of its glazes. In 1950 it was cleaned again. The National Gallery is certain that the head and collar are the work of van Dyck, but they are uncertain about who painted the rest of the image. The painting is considered a "problem painting", both because the "skinning" may have harmed the
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painting is 37.5 cm (14.8 in) Γ— 32.5 cm (12.8 in). The National Gallery's description of the painting is effusive; they referred to the brushwork as "virtuosic". The artist used long brushstrokes, and thick paint in some areas. There is the appearance of glistening water in the
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Around 1620, when the portrait was executed, van Dyck was 21 years old, and the subject of the painting, Cornelis van der Geest, was 65. It is one of van Dyck's earliest works but is considered a masterpiece. Van der Geest, a wealthy spice merchant from
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There are many known replicas and copies of this painting by other artists, including some from the 18th and 19th centuries. Two known engravings have also been created from the painting, one by British
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Skinning refers to the process of cleaning an oil painting by removing a layer from its surface (in this case, the glazing); inevitably, this also removes some of the original paint.
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of the painting revealed the additions. Between 1620 and 1796, the provenance of the painting was not documented. The painting was also cleaned and
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the 1630s, to expand the original face-only image to a bust. The National Gallery determined that this addition was not done by van Dyck.
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describes the painting as "elaborately and carefully constructed, built up and modelled to the extreme point of academic precision".
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Masterworks: Low and Surrounding Countries : Sixteenth to Eighteenth Century Old Master Paintings
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1835 by John Rogers, who titled his engraving "Gevartius"; it is in the collection of the
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from about 1620. The original panel and painting were expanded by other artists.
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original work and because of the large gap in its provenance. The use of
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In 1796 the painting was thought to be an image of Flemish diplomat
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Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John and Saint Mary Magdalene
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Index


Anthony van Dyck
Oil on wood
Portrait
National Gallery
London
National Gallery
panel painting
Anthony van Dyck
X-rays
skinned
Gaspar Gevartius
National Gallery
London
Peter Paul Rubens
Cornelis van der Geest
Antwerp

Francis William Wilkin
National Gallery
London
Peter Paul Rubens
skinned
X-ray
engraver
George Thomas Doo
Royal Academy of Arts
London
National Museum of American History
Washington, D.C.

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