Anthony van Dyck
Flemish, 1599–1641
Born in Antwerp; died in London.
Van Dyck was the leading assistant in Rubens’s Antwerp studio before spending six years in Italy, chiefly in Genoa, where he painted the local aristocracy in elegant full-lengths. In 1632 he became principal painter to Charles I of England, and his portraits of the king, Queen Henrietta Maria and their court fixed the image of Caroline England and set the pattern for British portraiture for more than a century. He also conceived the Iconography, a series of etched portraits of notable contemporaries.
Written by Ochre Editions.
- In the collection
- 4 worksDated 1621–1645
- Mostly
- Painting, Prints
- Courtesy of
- The Met, The Cleveland Museum of Art
