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Portrait of Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637). by Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641). Counsellor to the Parliament of Aix, and scholar, half length, facing the spectator, in loose robes, his right hand resting on books lying on a ledge in front - on panel 7.75 in. x 5.75 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). Engraved: by L. Vorsterman (Wibiral, 89).
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