AFTER SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK, SAINT FRANCIS OF ... Lot n° 16

AFTER SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCKSAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISIOil on canvas41 x 30.5cm (16 x 12 in.)Provenance:Sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 22 April 1998, lot 28 (as Circle of)The present lot appears to be a study of the head of St Francis of Assisi in Van Dyck's altarpiece for the Church of Our Lady, Dendermonde. Two additional versions of this sketch can be found at the Catharijneconvent Museum, Utrecht, and in the Royal Collection, London.By repute, it was previously in the collection of the Duc de Praslin. If this is the case it would have hung at The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte.