MAKE A MEME View Large Image Antonio de Tassis (1634).jpg Artwork Creator Anthony Van Dick en Antonio de Tassis 1584-1651 lost his left arm in the army of the Spanish Netherlands against the States General He later turned to the spiritual life and took holy orders in ...
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Keywords: Antonio de Tassis (1634).jpg Artwork Creator Anthony Van Dick en Antonio de Tassis 1584-1651 lost his left arm in the army of the Spanish Netherlands against the States General He later turned to the spiritual life and took holy orders in 1629 He is depicted as a canon in Antwerp Cathedral where he worked from 1630 on His missing arm is concealed by his wide garment the right hand is holding a book The light brings his right eye into the foreground De Tassis left an art collection when he died in 1651 His portrait was engraved in the 1656 Iconography which published portraits of major military commanders rulers artists and clerics based on work by van Dyck 1634 cm 126 89 Liechtenstein Museum object history together with Portrait of Maria de Tassis GE 58 after 1651 inheritance Catharina de Tassis Antonio ™s eldest daughter ProvenanceEvent inheritance Maria Anna de Tassis later Countess Cryckenborch Antonio ™s granddaughter <br>1658 sold in Antwerp ProvenanceEvent 1710 purchase Prince Johann Adam Andreas I von Liechtenstein from the art dealer Jan Peeter van Bredal in Antwerp http //www liechtensteincollections at/en/pages/artbase_main asp module browse action m_work lang en sid 87294 oid W-1382004131936657179 Liechtenstein Collections accession number Inv -No GE73 PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Dyck Tassis Uploaded with UploadWizard Male portraits by Anthony van Dyck Paintings in the Liechtenstein Museum
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