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Portrait of Sir Basil Dixwell (© Royal Museum & Art Gallery)
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© Royal Museum & Art Gallery

Portrait of Sir Basil Dixwell

Artist: Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641)

Location: Royal Museum & Art Gallery

Date: circa 1638

Materials: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 108 x 87cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £80,000 (Total: £950,000)

Vendor: Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox

Review number: 5370 (2004)

Provenance:
Dixwell family; Arnold Wiggins & Company, 1930s; Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, 1960s; American private collection; Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, 2003.

Description:
Half-length portrait. The sitter wears a black jacket and white shirt with lace collar and cuffs; his right hand is raised to rest on his stomach. Sir Basil Dixwell was a notable and wealthy landowner who, between 1635 and 1638 built Broome Park, near Canterbury.

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