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 Robert van Voerst, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1636
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Margaret (née Smith), Lady Herbert
by and published by Pieter Stevens van Gunst, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (1636)
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Margaret (née Smith), Lady Herbert
by and published by Pieter Stevens van Gunst, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (1636)
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Margaret (née Smith), Lady Herbert
by Pieter Stevens van Gunst, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (1636)
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Margaret (née Smith), Lady Herbert
by and published by Pieter Stevens van Gunst, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (1636)
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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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by Robert van Voerst, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1636
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
by Frederick Atkinson, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, (circa 1636)
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
by Frederick Atkinson, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, (circa 1636)
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, (circa 1636)
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (circa 1636)
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (circa 1636)
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (circa 1636)
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
by Landon, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, (circa 1636)
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (circa 1636)
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (circa 1636)
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by Robert van Voerst, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1636
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by Robert van Voerst, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1636
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probably by William Faithorne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, late 1630s-1640s
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by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Hubert Le Sueur, and after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, late 1630s
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published by Edward Cooper, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, (1637)
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Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
probably by William Faithorne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, late 1630s-1640s
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probably by William Faithorne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, late 1630s-1640s
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by Pieter de Jode II, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (1637-1638)
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (1637-1638)
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (1637-1638)
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by Jonas Suyderhoef, and by Pieter Claesz Soutman, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving and etching, circa 1637
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Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland
by George Glover, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, after 1638
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by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1638-1642 (circa 1635-1637)
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Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland
by George Glover, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, after 1638
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (1638-1641)
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1639
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1639
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James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
by William Faithorne, published by Sir Robert Peake, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, early 1640s
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1640s
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William Laud; Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
by William Faithorne, published by Sir Robert Peake, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, early 1640s (circa 1635-1637)
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Edward Littleton, Baron Littleton
by William Faithorne, published by Sir Robert Peake, probably after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, early 1640s
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Edward Littleton, Baron Littleton
by William Faithorne, probably after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1640s
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after William Faithorne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (early 1640s)
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after William Faithorne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (early 1640s)
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Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
by Crispyn van den Queborne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1640s
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by Joseph Antoine Couchet, published by Gillis Hendricx, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1640-1655
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by William Faithorne, published by Sir Robert Peake, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, early 1640s
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1640
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1640
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Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland
by Peeter Clouwet, published by Gillis Hendricx, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1640-1655
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Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland
by Peeter Clouwet, published by Gillis Hendricx, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1640-1655
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by Paulus Pontius (Paulus Du Pont), after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1640
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by Paulus Pontius (Paulus Du Pont), after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1640
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Katherine Stuart (née Howard), Lady Aubigny, Viscountess Newburgh
by Adriaen Lommelin, published by Gillis Hendricx, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1640-1655
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Katherine Stuart (née Howard), Lady Aubigny, Viscountess Newburgh
by Adriaen Lommelin, published by Gillis Hendricx, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1640-1655
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Rachael Cranfield (née Fane), Countess of Middlesex
by Pierre Lombart, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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Penelope (née Naunton), Lady Herbert
by Pierre Lombart, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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by William Faithorne, published by Sir Robert Peake, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, early 1640s
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James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
possibly by William Faithorne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, early 1640s
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Elizabeth Cavendish (née Cecil), Countess of Devonshire
by Pierre Lombart, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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Anne Sophia Dormer (née Herbert), Countess of Carnarvon
by Pierre Lombart, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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Penelope (née Naunton), Lady Herbert
by Pierre Lombart, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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Rachael Cranfield (née Fane), Countess of Middlesex
by Pierre Lombart, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke
by Pierre Lombart, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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