Sir Anthony van Dyck
(1599-1641), PainterSitter associated with 30 portraits
Artist associated with 1023 portraits
Sir Anthony van Dyck was by far the most influential painter to have worked in Britain during the seventeenth century. Flemish by birth, he found patronage in a number of European countries, but his longest stay was in England, which he made his home from the beginning of his second visit in 1632 until his death in 1641 (with a break back in Antwerp in 1634-5). While his predecessors from the Low Countries had brought to Britain hints of what painting might become, it was van Dyck who decisively turned British portraiture away from the stiff, formal 'iconic' approach of Tudor and Jacobean painting. In England he developed the distinctive fluid, shimmering style that was to dominate portraiture in Britain not just during the seventeenth century but right up until the early years of the twentieth century. Rewarded by his most famous patron, Charles I, with a knighthood, his enduring influence - and a sense that it would be impossible to better him - was universally recognised and remarked on not only by his contemporaries but also by his successors.
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by Jean Morin, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching and line engraving, early to mid 17th century
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 17th century
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 17th century
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probably after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 17th century
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 17th century
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
by Lucas Vorsterman, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1620s-1640s
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by Michael Hayee, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (circa 1625-1650)
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by Jonas Suyderhoef, published by Pieter Claesz Soutman, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, published circa 1625-1650
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Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1626
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Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1626
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1630s-1640s
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by Lucas Vorsterman, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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by Paulus Pontius (Paulus Du Pont), after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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by Johannes Meyssens, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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by Claes Jansz Visscher, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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by Jonas Suyderhoef, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, mid 17th century
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel and his wife Aletheia
by Lucas Vorsterman, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid to late 17th century
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
by Lucas Vorsterman, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
published by Balthasar Moncornet, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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