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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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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by Frederik Bouttats the Younger, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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by François Chauveau, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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by Lucas Vorsterman, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving and etching, mid 17th century
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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published by Wolfgang Kilian, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, mid 17th century
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by Federico Agnelli (Agnellus), after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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by Coryn or Quirin Bol (Boel), after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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published by Johannes Meyssens, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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by Pieter de Jode II, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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published by Balthasar Moncornet, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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by Adriaen Lommelin, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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probably after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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probably after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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by Solomon Savery, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, mid 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
by Lucas Vorsterman, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (1630s)
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (1630s)
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (1630s)
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Aletheia Talbot, Countess 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
by Lucas Vorsterman, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
by Pieter de Jode II, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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Anne Russell (née Carr), Countess of Bedford
by Louis Elle (Ferdinand), after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching and line engraving, mid 17th century
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by Hendrik Snyers, published by Johannes Meyssens, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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published by Balthasar Moncornet, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1630s?
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by Pieter de Jode II, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1630s?
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by Pieter de Jode II, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1630s?
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by Johannes Meyssens, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, (1630s)
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (1630s)
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Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland
published by Peter Stent, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, (1632-1633)
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Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, (1632-1641)
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Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, (1632-1641)
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, (circa 1632)
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by Pieter de Jode II, published by M. Antonius, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1633?
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
red chalk, (circa 1633)
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King Charles I; Henrietta Maria
by Robert van Voerst, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1634
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King Charles I; Henrietta Maria
by Robert van Voerst, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1634
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by Paulus Pontius (Paulus Du Pont), after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1634
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by Paulus Pontius (Paulus Du Pont), after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (1634)
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century (circa 1635-1637)
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by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, mid 17th century (circa 1635-1637)
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by Robert van Voerst, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1635 (circa 1632-1635)
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by Robert van Voerst, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1635 (circa 1632-1635)
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by Richard Gaywood, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, mid 17th century (circa 1632-1635)
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (circa 1635-1637)
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Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
photographic print, (circa 1635)
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Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland
by John Payne, published by Peter Stent, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1635-1648 (1635)
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by Robert van Voerst, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
engraving, 1635 (circa 1632-1635)
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by Robert van Voerst, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1635 (circa 1632-1635)
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (circa 1635-1637)
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (circa 1635-1637)
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, circa 1636-1645 (circa 1635-1637)
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Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland
after Cornelis van Dalen, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1636-1667
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