# 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._

4 works in the collection.

- [A Genoese Lady with Her Child](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-genoese-lady-with-her-child-cma-131819), Anthony van Dyck, c. 1623–25. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Lucas van Uffel (died 1637)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lucas-van-uffel-died-1637-met-436253), Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1622. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Queen Henrietta Maria](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/queen-henrietta-maria-met-438112), Anthony van Dyck, 1636. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Self-Portrait, from "The Iconography"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/self-portrait-from-the-iconography-met-337062), Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1640. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.