* Pontius after van Dyck Dead Christ, supported by the Virgin {1900} Loc? [PR]

Pontius, Paulus (1603-58; Flemish), after van Dyck, Anthony  (1599-1641; Flemish)
Dead Christ, supported by the Virgin
Engraving
Purchased, 1900 (advice of Bernard Hall)
Present location unknown

Prints by Hollar and Muller bought with this work (see separate entries), are still in the NGV, as are other prints by Pontius, bought after 1905.

[comparative photo: impression in the Royal Academy, London]

Refs.

AR 1900, p.29; NGV 1905, p.121 (V.Buvelot Gallery, 2^nd bay, no.24) [£1/5/0] 

For reproductions of the Royal Academy print (shown here), and van Dyck’s 1618 painting, see e.g. http://www.rennes-le-chateau-archive.com/le_christ_au_lievre_etude.htm

For Pontius, see Bénézit 11, p.212 and AKL 96 (2017), pp.312-13; and for the prints by Pontius in the NGV, see http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/3308/