The auction house's George Gordon said that the way the monk's head was turned to one side created an impression of spontaneity as opposed to the more formal composition of Rubens' portraits.
BBC: Portrait of a Carmelite Monk by Van Dyck, circa 1617 to 1620
Paul's Cathedral, nearly destroyed by the Nazis in 1941: There you can eyeball the tomb of Charles George Gordon of Khartoum, the diminutive but feisty general who got his head chopped off by Islamic fundamentalists in 1885.
One rather well-made advertisement lists him with Tony Blair, George W Bush and Gordon Brown as members of the "failures club".
However, like Thomas Gordon and George Finlay, who had themselves taken part in the war and from whose sympathetic, exasperated and still highly readable histories Mr Brewer frequently quotes, he presents such episodes as regrettable aberrations in a national liberation struggle.
John Lennon's widow will also perform with the Plastic Ono Band, while other acts include Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, Boy George and comedian Reggie Watts.
At the High Court in London on Friday, Mr George's counsel, Gordon Bishop, said that it was now accepted by MGN that its allegations had been false.
Peat has reopened the affair at the team hotel after SFA chief executive Gordon Smith and manager George Burley had declared the matter closed.
The Newsnight investigation was brought to the attention of the-then US President George W Bush and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown also promised to take action.
But also Luke Wilson, Gordon Ramsey, Patrick Dempsey, George Lucas, Matt LeBlanc, Ashley Judd and Paris Hilton.
Another three bodies were found on Thursday, said George Herming, a spokesman for Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo.
Three years ago the shadow chancellor, George Osborne, appeared to suggest Prime Minister Gordon Brown could be "faintly autistic".
Causeyside Street remains closed in both directions between Gordon Street and New Street, George Street is closed between Wardrop Street and Causeyside Street, while Johnston Street is closed because it can only be accessed by vehicles from Causeyside Street at George Street.
"Now we have unearthed the latest critic of the government's ill-thought-out business tax increases - Gordon Brown himself, " said shadow chancellor George Osborne.
"George clearly had a grasp of business, and he was a true scientist, " says Gordon Binder, the current CEO of Amgen, who was CFO under Rathmann.
Alongside Charles on the new stamp collection are Kevin Keegan, Bobby Charlton, Bryan Robson, John Barnes, Gordon Banks, Jimmy Greaves, Denis Law, Dave Mackay, Bobby Moore and George Best.
Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson said the calibre of the companies vying for the work underlined the "iconic" status of George Square.
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