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Anthony Van Dyck
Dutch
1599-1641
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Flemish painter and draughtsman, active also in Italy and England. He was the leading Flemish painter after Rubens in the first half of the 17th century and in the 18th century was often considered no less than his match. A number of van Dyck studies in oil of characterful heads were included in Rubens estate inventory in 1640, where they were distinguished neither in quality nor in purpose from those stocked by the older master. Although frustrated as a designer of tapestry and, with an almost solitary exception, as a deviser of palatial decoration, van Dyck succeeded brilliantly as an etcher. He was also skilled at organizing reproductive engravers in Antwerp to publish his works, in particular The Iconography (c. 1632-44), comprising scores of contemporary etched and engraved portraits, eventually numbering 100, by which election he revived the Renaissance tradition of promoting images of uomini illustri. His fame as a portrait painter in the cities of the southern Netherlands, as well as in London, Genoa, Rome and Palermo, has never been outshone; and from at least the early 18th century his full-length portraits were especially prized in Genoese, British and Flemish houses, where they were appreciated as much for their own sake as for the identities and families of the sitters.
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Kenelm Digby
oil on canvas
111.5 x 85.5 cm
Date 17th century
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Painting ID:: 81297
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Kenelm_Digby
oil on canvas
111.5 x 85.5 cm
Date 17th century
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Caesar Alexander Scaglia, Abbot of Staffarda
Date ca. 1634(1634)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 189 x 110 cm (74.4 x 43.3 in)
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Painting ID:: 81324
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Caesar_Alexander_Scaglia,_Abbot_of_Staffarda
Date ca. 1634(1634)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 189 x 110 cm (74.4 x 43.3 in)
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Portrait of Princess Henrietta of England
Date ca. 1646(1646)
Medium Oil
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Painting ID:: 81748
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Portrait_of_Princess_Henrietta_of_England
Date ca. 1646(1646)
Medium Oil
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Anne Fitzroy, Countess of Sussex
oil on canvas
111 x 113 cm
ca 1665
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Painting ID:: 81990
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Anne_Fitzroy,_Countess_of_Sussex
oil on canvas
111 x 113 cm
ca 1665
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Equestrian Portrait of Charles I
Oil on canvas
Dimensions 365 x 289 cm
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Painting ID:: 82008
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Equestrian_Portrait_of_Charles_I
Oil on canvas
Dimensions 365 x 289 cm
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Anthony_Van_Dyck
Dutch
1599-1641
Anthony Van Dyck Locations
Flemish painter and draughtsman, active also in Italy and England. He was the leading Flemish painter after Rubens in the first half of the 17th century and in the 18th century was often considered no less than his match. A number of van Dyck studies in oil of characterful heads were included in Rubens estate inventory in 1640, where they were distinguished neither in quality nor in purpose from those stocked by the older master. Although frustrated as a designer of tapestry and, with an almost solitary exception, as a deviser of palatial decoration, van Dyck succeeded brilliantly as an etcher. He was also skilled at organizing reproductive engravers in Antwerp to publish his works, in particular The Iconography (c. 1632-44), comprising scores of contemporary etched and engraved portraits, eventually numbering 100, by which election he revived the Renaissance tradition of promoting images of uomini illustri. His fame as a portrait painter in the cities of the southern Netherlands, as well as in London, Genoa, Rome and Palermo, has never been outshone; and from at least the early 18th century his full-length portraits were especially prized in Genoese, British and Flemish houses, where they were appreciated as much for their own sake as for the identities and families of the sitters.
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