William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury
Medium
Etching; seventh state of seven (NH)
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 3/4 × 3 15/16 in. (14.6 × 10 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.83
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
Anthony van Dyck|William Laud|Wenceslaus Hollar · 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...