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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James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
pencil, pen and ink, 1839 (circa 1636)
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William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh
by John Beugo, published by Hugh Paton, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, published 1 March 1843 (1635-1636)
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by Sir George Scharf, probably after Sir Anthony van Dyck
pen and ink on tracing paper, 1859 (1630s)
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
photogravure, late 19th century (1636)
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King Charles I; Henrietta Maria; King Charles II; Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
photograph of painting, late 19th century (1632)
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Three Eldest Children of Charles I
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
photogravure, late 19th or early 20th century (1635)
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by Sir George Scharf, probably after Sir Anthony van Dyck
pen and ink, 28 January 1871, based on a work of circa 1631-1640
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by Thomas Sherratt, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, published 1888 (circa 1632-1635)
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
photogravure, early 20th century
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published by Photographische Gesellschaft, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
photogravure, circa 1900-1910 (circa 1620-1623)
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
hand-coloured photogravure, published 1902 (1635)
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
photogravure, published 1902 (1635)
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George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol; William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
photogravure, 1903
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King Charles I; Pierre Antoine Bourdon, Seigneur de St Antoine
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
photogravure, 1906 (1633)
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Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton
published by The Medici Society Ltd, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
chromolithograph, published 1910 (1632)
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published by John Player & Sons, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1935
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published by John Player & Sons, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1935
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving
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Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland
after William Faithorne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
pen and ink after engraving
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after Sir Anthony van Dyck
albumen print, 1850s-1860s (circa 1635-1637)
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