Van Dyck

Frick Collection, New York

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The Princesses Elizabeth and Anne, Daughters of Charles I (1637), Anthony Van Dyck. Image Courtesy of Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

The Anatomy of Portraiture

Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641), one of the most celebrated and influential portraitists of all time, enjoyed an international career that took him from his native Flanders to Italy, France, and, ultimately, the court of Charles I in London. Van Dyck’s supremely elegant manner and convincing evocation of a sitter’s inner life — whether real or imagined — made him the favorite portraitist of many of the most powerful and interesting figures of the seventeenth century. Read more.

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Mary, Lady van Dyck, née Ruthven, (c.1640), Anthony Van Dyck. Image Courtesy of Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

Frans Snyders (c.1620), Anthony Van Dyck. Image Courtesy of the Frick Collection

Charles I and Henrietta Maria Holding a Laurel Wreath (1632), Anthony Van Dyck Image Courtesy of Arcibiskupský zámek a zahrady v Kroměříži, Kroměříž