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Dyck, Anthony van
1599–1641
Nationality: Spanish Netherlands
Born: 1599, Antwerp
Died: 1641, Blackfriars
Gender: male
Movements
Baroque painting
Occupations
playwright
court painter
dramaturge
architectural draftsperson
painter
draftsperson
theatrical director
translator
etcher
Biography
Born the seventh of twelve children to a wealthy silk merchant in Belgium, Anthony van Dyck began to paint at an early age. By the age of nineteen, he had become a teacher in Antwerp. Soon afterward, he collaborated and trained with the famous Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens. He studied and worked in Venice and Paris. Van Dyck was famed as a portrait painter in France and England, creating portraits for Charles I and Louis XIV. Comment on works: Portraits; Religious; History.
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Notable Works
- Q126978409
- Engravings after the portrait
- Portrait of a Young Patrician
- Portrait of the Goldsmith Pucci with his Son
- Portrait of Marcello Durazzo
- Portrait of Catarina Balbi Durazzo
- Double portrait of Cornelis and Lucas de Wael
- Christ of the Coin
- Jupiter and Antiope
- Charles I in Three Positions
- Charles I at the Hunt























