Скачать или смотреть Discovering a Hidden Masterpiece: Van Dyck's Lost Head Study

To start the Masterpiece London season this year we will be sharing some of the highlights from our stand every day from now until Friday 6th July in the form of our 'Masterpieces' Film Series.

The first instalment explores an incredible find, a lost head study by Sir Anthony Van Dyck for one of the artist's most important early commissions, 'The Betrayal of Christ'. As one of the most significant commissions of Van Dyck’s first Antwerp period (he moved to Italy in October 1621), The Betrayal of Christ required meticulous planning, and we know the young artist spent many months exploring compositional ideas ahead of translating the subject to canvas.

Watch Philip discuss the significance of this study and the process of discovery that went into unlocking the secret behind an 18th Century painting of a man with a flaming torch