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| Artist | Tomlinson, G. D. (British artist, 1809-1884) After Dyck, Anthony van (Flemish painter, 1599-1641, active in England) |
| Title | Self-Portrait of Sir Anthony Van Dyck Copy by G. D. Tomlinson |
| Date earliest | about 1840 |
| Date latest | 1884 |
| Material | oil on canvas |
| Measurements | 119.8 x 96.3 cm |
| Description | G. D. Tomlinson worked in Huddersfield as a portrait painter and copyist for local dignitaries and nobility. This is a copy of a portrait that was at Euston Hall, Suffolk. It shows Van Dyck as a young man, probably around the time when he first came to England. Having gained success training with Rubens, Van Dyck travelled to the court of King James I in 1620. Aged only around 20, the confident pose suggests Van Dyck already realised the extent of his success. Albert Lunn, who gave the painting, was an active member of the Huddersfield Art Gallery Committee. |
| Subject | portrait (Van Dyck, Anthony) |
| Collection | Huddersfield Art Gallery |
| Current accession number | KLMUS:2006.47 |
| Acquisition details | Given by Albert Lunn 1911. |
| Notes | Reverse on stretcher pencil cr 'Holden? Hall'; on frame printed label ur '31'. Copy of Anthony van Dyck, Self-portrait, possibly 1620-21, oil on canvas; 119.7 x 87.9 cm, The Jules Bache Collection, 1949 (49.7.25), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, that was in the collection of the Dukes of Grafton, Euston Hall, Suffolk from 1722-23 until 1918. Albert Lunn was an active member of the Public Library and Art Gallery Committee until his death in 1957. He was also a partner in the firm of Lunn & Carding Ltd, Upperhead Row, Huddersfield. He lived at 7 West Avenue, Lindley. See the minutes of the Public Library and Art Gallery Committee held by West Yorkshire Archives, Kirklees, for 1911, p. 151. |
| Rights status | Kirklees Metropolitan Council |
| Author | Dr Phillippa Plock |
