St Francis Lamenting at the Foot of the Cross
Anthony van Dyck
ca. 1650 - ca. 1670
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
174; 122
About this artwork
Gift of Z.K.H. Willem I
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...