His solution was to sell an oil sketch by Anthony Van Dyck via an intermediary ... “I am working on a book on the [Van Dyck] oil sketches and came across a page of old notes in the archives ...

In 1951, an original oil sketch by Anthony van Dyck disappeared from an English country estate—only to mysteriously reappear across the pond a few years later. Now, just over seven decades later, an ...

The oil sketch “Portrait of Wolfgang Wilhelm of Pfalz-Neuburg” by Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck was stolen in 1951 from Boughton House. Anthony van Dyck's "Portrait of Wolfgang Wilhelm of ...

The 70-year mystery surrounding the theft of an original oil sketch by renowned Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck from a stately ... for the journal's 1952 Year Book. Among the many objects that ...

The theft of an oil sketch from a stately home in Northamptonshire remained a riddle for 70 years.

By the time Anthony Van Dyck was appointed Court Painter to Charles I, in 1632, the King's reputation as an art collector and patron was already widely recognised across Europe. Charles I and ...

Anthony van Dyck's portrait of Wolfgang Wilhelm of Pfalz ... in order to gather material for a piece for the journal's year book. Among the objects housed at the property for safekeeping during ...

An Exeter University art historian has solved the 70-year mystery over the theft of an original oil sketch, by Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck ... the journal's year book. Among the objects ...