Justus Suttermans, from "The Iconography"
17th century
Medium
Etching; fifth of five states
Dimensions
sheet: 10 3/16 x 6 5/8 in. (25.8 x 16.8 cm) plate: 10 1/16 x 6 9/16 in. (25.5 x 16.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.609
Tags
About the Artist
Anthony van Dyck|Justus Sustermans · 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...