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Studio of Anthony van Dyck
Flemish, 1599–1641
Ambrogio Spinola
c. 1620
The Italian nobleman Ambrogio Spinola was one of the most successful military commanders in Spanish history. After leading his army to victory against Dutch rebels in the early seventeenth century, he was knighted. In this portrait, he is shown wearing the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece over his armor. Several distinguished artists painted his likeness, Van Dyck, Peter Paul Rubens, and Diego Velázquez among them.
Image Caption
Studio of Anthony van Dyck, Ambrogio Spinola, c. 1620, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, 1955.27
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
26 3/4 x 22 1/8 in. (68 x 56.2 cm)
Object Number
1955.27
Acquisition
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status
Off View
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Provenance
Reverend W.H. Wayne, London (by 1886 at latest); possibly Reverend D.H. Wayne, Broseley, England; Rudolphe Kann, Paris (by 1907); [Knoedler and Co., London]; Henry Reinhardt, New York (by 1912); Robert Sterling and Francine Clark (1912); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.