Attributed to Anthony van Dyck
Portrait of Antoine Triest, Bishop of Ghent (1576–1655)

CultureFlemish
Titles
  • Portrait of Antoine Triest, Bishop of Ghent (1576–1655)
Datec. 1627
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions31 1/2 × 25 1/8 in. (80.0 × 63.8 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1977.2
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
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ProvenanceThe sitter, Ghent, Flanders, 1627–1628; Crozat collection, Paris, until 1741; Korsakoff collection, Russia, until 1822; acquired by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, for The Hermitage, Saint Petersburg, until 1931; [sold from the Russian State Collection at Rudolf Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, May 12–13, 1931, lot 80]; Count Sergei Stroganoff, Saint Petersburg, then Leningrad, 1931; [Frank T. Sabin, London, until 1960]; [Alfred Brod, London, until 1963]; Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Weldon, New York; [Brod Gallery, London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1977.
Exhibition History"Old Master paintings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Beeville Museum of Art, Texas, November 9, 2002–February 12, 2003.

"Masterpieces from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Greater Denton Arts Council, Texas, September 16–October 26, 2006.

"Masterworks from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, Texas, November 11, 2006–March 9, 2007.

"State of Grace: 17th and 18th Century Paintings from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, Texas, November 21, 2008–March 29, 2009.

"Genre Scenes, Portraits and Still-life: Dutch and Flemish Paintings of the 16th and 17th Centuries," El Paso Museum of Art, Texas, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.

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