Frans Francken
Anthony van Dyck
1630/33
Medium
Etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 24.7 × 15.9 cm (9 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 25.3 × 16.8 cm (10 × 6 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
56012
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...