(Imitator of) Sir Anthony van Dyck
Andromeda Chained to the Rock1638 ( ? )

Not on view

Full-length oil painting of a nude young woman with wrists in iron shackles, a billowing blue fabric draped around her, standing against a dark rocky background with a small mounted figure visible in the upper left

Artist or Maker: (Imitator of) Sir Anthony van Dyck
Southern Netherlands, 1599-1641(?), active England, London
Title: Andromeda Chained to the Rock
Date Made: 1638 ( ? )
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Canvas: 84 3/4 × 52 in. (215.27 × 132.08 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number: M.85.80
Classification: Paintings
Collecting Area: European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance: George Murray, 5th Earl of Dunmore (1762-1836), Dunmore Park, Scotland, 1834. T. Humphrey Ward (1845-1926), London, until 1900. Charles Sedelmeyer (1837-1925) Gallery, Paris, 1900, to his son-in-law; Eugène Fischof (1837-1926), Paris, 1901. Clement A. Griscom (1840-1912), New York (sale, New York, American Art Galleries, 26-27 Feb. 1914, lot 28, sold for $3200 to); "Seaman." Vanderlip collection, New York (sale, New York, Christie's, 12 Jan.1978, lot 56, withdrawn before sale). Dudley N. Schoales (1906-1989), CT, sold 1984 to: [Christopher Janet, New York, sold 1985 to]; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography: Price, Lorna. Masterpieces from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.
Conisbee, Philip et al. The Ahmanson Gifts: European Masterpieces in the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.

Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
Lurie, Doron J. Van Dyck and His Age. Tel Aviv : Muze'on Tel Aviv le-omanut, c1995.
James, Susan E. "The Model as a Catalyst: Nicholas Lanier and Margaret Lemon." Jaarboek Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (1999): 70-89.
Bauman, Guy C., and Walter A. Liedtke. Flemish Paintings in America: a Survey of Early Netherlandish and Flemish Paintings in the Public Collections of North America. Antwerp: Fonds Mercator, 1992.
James, Susan E. "Margaret Lemon: Model, Mistress, Muse." Jaarboek Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (1999): 90-109.
Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 3, Dutch Painting, Flemish Painting, Spanish Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.

(Imitator of) Sir Anthony van Dyck
Andromeda Chained to the Rock1638 ( ? )

Not on view

Artist or Maker: (Imitator of) Sir Anthony van Dyck
Southern Netherlands, 1599-1641(?), active England, London
Title: Andromeda Chained to the Rock
Date Made: 1638 ( ? )
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Canvas: 84 3/4 × 52 in. (215.27 × 132.08 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number: M.85.80
Classification: Paintings
Collecting Area: European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance: George Murray, 5th Earl of Dunmore (1762-1836), Dunmore Park, Scotland, 1834. T. Humphrey Ward (1845-1926), London, until 1900. Charles Sedelmeyer (1837-1925) Gallery, Paris, 1900, to his son-in-law; Eugène Fischof (1837-1926), Paris, 1901. Clement A. Griscom (1840-1912), New York (sale, New York, American Art Galleries, 26-27 Feb. 1914, lot 28, sold for $3200 to); "Seaman." Vanderlip collection, New York (sale, New York, Christie's, 12 Jan.1978, lot 56, withdrawn before sale). Dudley N. Schoales (1906-1989), CT, sold 1984 to: [Christopher Janet, New York, sold 1985 to]; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography: Price, Lorna. Masterpieces from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.
Conisbee, Philip et al. The Ahmanson Gifts: European Masterpieces in the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.

Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
Lurie, Doron J. Van Dyck and His Age. Tel Aviv : Muze'on Tel Aviv le-omanut, c1995.
James, Susan E. "The Model as a Catalyst: Nicholas Lanier and Margaret Lemon." Jaarboek Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (1999): 70-89.
Bauman, Guy C., and Walter A. Liedtke. Flemish Paintings in America: a Survey of Early Netherlandish and Flemish Paintings in the Public Collections of North America. Antwerp: Fonds Mercator, 1992.
James, Susan E. "Margaret Lemon: Model, Mistress, Muse." Jaarboek Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (1999): 90-109.
Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 3, Dutch Painting, Flemish Painting, Spanish Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.