Artwork
Portrait of Francisco de Moncada, Marqués de Aytona

Portrait of Francisco de Moncada, Marqués de Aytona is an oil painting by the Baroque artist Anthony van Dyck. It dates from 1634 and is held in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
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History & Provenance
No specific inventory or accession number is provided in the available sources, though the painting's long-term residence in Vienna is well-documented.
The Portrait of Francisco de Moncada, Marqués de Aytona was executed by Anthony van Dyck in 1634, during the period immediately following his return to the Southern Netherlands from London. The work was commissioned alongside an equestrian portrait of the same sitter, now in the Louvre, indicating a coordinated program of representation tied to Moncada’s brief tenure as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1633-1634). By 1720 the painting had entered the imperial collections in Vienna, where it has remained as part of the holdings of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. The portrait has been held by the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna since at least 1720. The work remains part of the museum's permanent collection, where it is displayed alongside other significant Baroque paintings. No specific inventory or accession number is provided in the available sources, though the painting's long-term residence in Vienna is well-documented. The museum, located in Austria, has maintained custody of the artwork for nearly three centuries, ensuring its preservation as a key example of Anthony van Dyck's portraiture.
Context
Painted in 1634 by Anthony van Dyck, the work is a significant example of Baroque portraiture created during the artist's return to the Flanders from London. It was commissioned simultaneously with an equestrian portrait of the same subject, Francisco de Moncada, which is now held in the Louvre. The painting depicts Moncada, who served as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1633 to 1634, capturing the diplomatic and aristocratic stature of the sitter. Since at least 1720, the portrait has been part of the collection at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Scholarly attention to the piece appears in major monographs on Van Dyck and studies of the Baroque period, including works by authors such as Christopher Brown and Justus Müller Hofstede.
Artist & collection
Artist
Sir Anthony van Dyck (; Dutch: Antoon van Dijck; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist, who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy.


















