Saint Andrew
Artist
Anthony van Dyck
(Flemish, 1599 - 1641)
Date1621
CultureFlemish
MediumOil on panel
ClassificationPaintings
ProvenancePalazzo Rosso, Genoa, early 18th century; Giambattista Serra, Palazzo Serra, Genoa, 1766; private collection, Naples (possibly Donna Giulia Serra); with Böhler, Munich, circa 1914; Madame Godfrey Brauer, Nice, 1915; Brauer sale, Christie's, July 5, 1929 (no. 42 as Portrait of an Apostle); purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN227
While working as Rubens's studio assistant, Van Dyck began painting individual pictures of the apostles, later repeating them for different series. The St. Andrew panel is from the Böhler series of apostles, named for the Munich art dealer, Julius Böhler, who discovered them in 1914 and later became one of John Ringling's most important dealers. The young Van Dyck reveled in his ability to handle paint, but he also did not hesitate to leave sections of the painting unfinished, betraying the expressive nature of his workmanship.
On View
Not on viewImage: 25 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. (64.8 x 51.4 cm)
