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Portrait of Dyck, Anthony van

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

Artworks

178 artworks