Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Spain

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Portrait of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Spain (1609-1641).

by Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641).

Govenor of the Low Countries, son of Phillip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria, three-quarter length, turned slightly to the right, in armour with white lace collar, and wide sash, wearing Chain and Jewel of the Golden Fleece, and holding a baton - on panel 8.25 in. x 7.0 in.

Provenance: Sir Peter lely; sale, 18th April 1682 "Item. Thirty -Seven Pictures done in Grisaille done by Vandike after the life of the most eminent men in his time, from which the plates were graven" (ii125 to Ralph, 1st Duke of Montagu)