Constantijn Huygens
Anthony van Dyck
n.d.
Medium
Charcoal, on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Unknown
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84134
About the Artist
Anthony van Dyck · 1599–1641
Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who revolutionized portrait painting and became the most influential court painter in 17th-century England. Born in Antwerp as the seventh of twelve children to a prosperous silk merchant, van Dyck displayed extraordinary artistic talent from childhood. He trained under Hendrick van Balen before joining Peter Paul Rubens's workshop as a...