Portrait of Nicholas Rockox (1560-1640), half length, in black coat and a white ruff

The present lot relates to the panel sold in Sotheby’s, New York on 28 January 2010, lot 170. Van Dyck painted Rockox, who was mayor of Antwerp no less than eight times between 1603 and 1625, on numerous occasions. A three-quarter-length portrait can be found in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.