COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.14.40.619
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
Dyck, Anthony van
Creator Nationality:
European; Flemish
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
Flemish, 1599-1641
Creator Name-CRT:
Anthony van Dyck
Title:
Lucas van Uffel (died 1637)
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
ca. 1621-27
Creation Start Date:
1621
Creation End Date:
1627
Materials and Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
49 x 39 5/8 in. (124.5 x 100.6 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
14.40.619
Credit Line:
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Context:
Lucas van Uffel (died 1637) was a wealthy Flemish merchant and shipowner who lived in Venice, where he met Van Dyck during the early years of the painter's Italian period (1621-27). Van Dyck's portrait of the same man (Städtisches Museum, Brunswick) includes a view of ships sailing off a Mediterranean coast. Here, the sitter is presented as a learned gentleman, with dividers, a recorder, the bow of a viola da gamba, an antique head, a drawing, and a celestial globe suggesting his various interests. The canvas was first recorded in the collection of the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel in the 1730s.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ep14.40.619.R.tif
