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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Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel
by Wenceslaus Hollar, published by Johannes Meyssens, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1626
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Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel; Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
by Lucas Vorsterman, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
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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Mary Villiers, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox
by Wenceslaus Hollar, published by Johannes Meyssens, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, mid 17th century
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by William Faithorne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, (circa 1635-1637)
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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 Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
by Lucas Vorsterman, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, mid 17th century
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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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Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1645
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Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1645
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Cornelius de Wael; Lucas de Wael
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1646
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by Wenceslaus Hollar, published by Johannes Meyssens, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1649
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel; Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel
by Lucas Vorsterman, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1650-1675
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel; Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel
by Lucas Vorsterman, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1650-1675
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel; Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel
by Lucas Vorsterman, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1650-1675
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James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
by Peter van Lisebetten (Lysebetten, Liesebetten), published by Johannes Meyssens, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1650-1675
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Henry Frederick Howard, 15th Earl of Arundel, 5th Earl of Surrey and 2nd Earl of Norfolk
by Pierre Lombart, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1660
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Henry Frederick Howard, 15th Earl of Arundel, 5th Earl of Surrey and 2nd Earl of Norfolk
by Pierre Lombart, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1660
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Henry Frederick Howard, 15th Earl of Arundel, 5th Earl of Surrey and 2nd Earl of Norfolk
by Pierre Lombart, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1660
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Henry Frederick Howard, 15th Earl of Arundel, 5th Earl of Surrey and 2nd Earl of Norfolk
by Pierre Lombart, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1660
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