Mary Stuart and William II
1641
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
180; 132.2
About this artwork
Portretten van de latere stadhouder Willem II, prins van Oranje, en zijn bruid prinses Maria Stuart, dochter van Karel I van Engeland. Staande, ten voeten uit, hand in hand voor een zuil. Vervaardigd ter gelegenheid van het huwelijk op 12 mei 1641.
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...