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Anthony van Dyck
Anthony van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck

Flemish, 1599-1641
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Sir Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy.

The seventh child of Frans van Dyck, a wealthy Antwerp silk merchant, Anthony painted from an early age. He was successful as an independent painter in his late teens, and became a master in the Antwerp guild in 1618. By this time he was working in the studio of the leading northern painter of the day, Peter Paul Rubens, who became a major influence on his work. Van Dyck worked in London for some months in 1621, then returned to Flanders for a brief time, before travelling to Italy, where he stayed until 1627, mostly in Genoa. In the late 1620s he completed his greatly admired Iconography series of portrait etchings, mostly of other artists. He spent five years in Flanders after his return from Italy, and from 1630 was court painter for the archduchess Isabella, Habsburg Governor of Flanders. In 1632 he returned to London to be the main court painter, at the request of Charles I of England.

With the exception of Holbein, van Dyck and his contemporary Diego Velázquez were the first painters of pre-eminent talent to work mainly as court portraitists, revolutionising the genre. He is best known for his portraits of the aristocracy, most notably Charles I, and his family and associates. Van Dyck became the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next 150 years. He also painted mythological and biblical subjects, including altarpieces, displayed outstanding facility as a draughtsman, and was an important innovator in watercolour and etching. His superb brushwork, apparently rather quickly painted, can usually be distinguished from the large areas painted by his many assistants. His portrait style changed considerably between the different countries he worked in, culminating in the relaxed elegance of his last English period. His influence extends into the modern period. The Van Dyke beard is named after him. During his lifetime, Charles I granted him a knighthood, and he was buried in St Paul's Cathedral, an indication of his standing at the time of his death.

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The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (c. 1618)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Christ and the Pharisees

Christ and the Pharisees (early 17th century)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Landscape with a Gnarled Tree and a Farm

Landscape with a Gnarled Tree and a Farm (early 17th century)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Portrait of Justus Suttermans

Portrait of Justus Suttermans (17th century)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Portrait Study

Portrait Study (1635–41)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Sheet of Studies of Heads

Sheet of Studies of Heads (1615–41)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Sheet of Studies

Sheet of Studies (1621–27)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Study for a Portrait of a Lady

Study for a Portrait of a Lady (early 17th century)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Study for an Equestrian Portrait, Possibly that of Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg

Study for an Equestrian Portrait, Possibly that of Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg (ca. 1628–32)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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The Blessed Aloysius Gonzaga in Ecstasy

The Blessed Aloysius Gonzaga in Ecstasy (ca. 1629)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Portrait of Marques de Mirabel

Portrait of Marques de Mirabel

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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The Entombment

The Entombment (1617–1618)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Portrait of Hendrick van Balen

Portrait of Hendrick van Balen (1627–1632)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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A wooded ridge

A wooded ridge (1630s)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Study of a Madonna looking upward

Study of a Madonna looking upward (1634 - 1635)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Diana and Endymion

Diana and Endymion (1600-1641)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Saint Augustine in Ecstasy

Saint Augustine in Ecstasy (1628)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Lamentation of Christ

Lamentation of Christ

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Portrait of Adam de Coster

Portrait of Adam de Coster (ca. 1627 – 1635)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Portrait of Wilhelm de Vos

Portrait of Wilhelm de Vos

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Studienblatt; Sieben Heilige

Studienblatt; Sieben Heilige

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Christ on the cross

Christ on the cross

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Ein Mann im Harnisch, auf eine Kanone gelehnt

Ein Mann im Harnisch, auf eine Kanone gelehnt

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Eine Versammlung von vielen Männern, alle in Schuhen und Strümpfen, nur einer in Stiefeln

Eine Versammlung von vielen Männern, alle in Schuhen und Strümpfen, nur einer in Stiefeln

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Kopf eines bärtigen Alten nach links

Kopf eines bärtigen Alten nach links

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Portrait of Hendrick van Steenwyck the Younger

Portrait of Hendrick van Steenwyck the Younger (ca 1632-1635)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Studie zu einem Kavalierbildnis

Studie zu einem Kavalierbildnis

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Vier Engel um das abgeschlagene Haupt Johannes’ des Täufers versammelt

Vier Engel um das abgeschlagene Haupt Johannes’ des Täufers versammelt

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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Saint Sebastian Tended by an Angel

Saint Sebastian Tended by an Angel (about 1630–1632)

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Head of a man

Head of a man

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
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