About This Artwork

Anthony van Dyck, follower of
Flemish, 1599-1641

Man with a Ruff, 17th century

Oil on canvas
26 1/2 x 20 5/8 in. (67.4 x 52.5 cm)
Bequest of Dr. John J. Ireland, 1968.90

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 1967-1968, Chicago, 1968, p. 18, ill. p. 16.

Ownership History

Probably Arthur Hamilton Lee, Viscount Lee of Fareham (died 1947); his widow, Viscountess Lee of Fareham, née Ruth Moore, by October1960, when she sold it to Agnew’s, London [email from Jane E. H. Hamilton dated 26 November 2002, in curatorial file]; sold by Agnew's to Dr. John J. Ireland (died 1968), Chicago, December 1960 [according to email cited above]; bequeathed by him to the Art Institute, 1968.