61. Van Dyck, Sir Anthony. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 2001. van dyck, Sir anthony. (both v nd k) (KEY) , 1599–1641, Flemish portrait and religious painter and etcher, b. Antwerp. In http://www.bartleby.com/65/va/VanDyckA.html

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63. SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK van dyck, SIR anthony (15991641), Flemish painter, was born in Antwerp on the 22nd of March 1599. Though with. SIR anthony van dyck. http://28.1911encyclopedia.org/V/VA/VAN_DYCK_SIR_ANTHONY.htm

SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK VAN DYCK, SIR ANTHONY It is unnecessary to dwell on a number of tales connected with Van Dycks early life, all of which have on closer examination proved to be apocryphal; but one story has been too frequently told to be altogether ignored. At the very outset of his Italian journey the inflammable youth was captivated by the beauty of a country girl, and for the love of her painted the altar-piece still to be seen in the church at Saventhem, near Brussels, in which he himself is supposed to be represented on a grey horse, given by Rubens to his pupil. It is now known, however, that the picture was commissioned by a gentleman living at Saventhem (to the charms of whose daughter Van Dyck in reality seems not to have been altogether insensible), and a closer study makes it almost certain that it was executed after, not before, his Italian journey. On. a reduced scale, and with the omission of two or three figures, the St Martin at Saventhem is a reproduction. of the picture at Windsor Castle. Traversing the Mont Cenis pass, Van Dyck stopped at Aix of this picture, in view of the Italian law of 1902, created considerable discussion in Italy and England. The companion female portrait was soon after also purchased.

64. Arts - Art History - Artists - V - Van Dyck, Anthony Directory Top Arts Art History Artists V van dyck, anthony See also Arts Art History Periods and Movements Baroque (0). This category in other languages http://www.sedirectory.net/Arts/Art_History/Artists/V/Van_Dyck,_Anthony/

Web Hosting Dir Web Design Dir Search Engine Dir Hardware Info ... Resources Search: Top Arts Art History Artists ... Van Dyck, Anthony See also: Arts: Art History: Periods and Movements: Baroque This category in other languages: Italian Anthony Van Dyck - Details of the artist's life, a selection of his paintings, and links to galleries and academic resources. Olga's Gallery: Sir Anthony Van Dyck - Comprehensive collection of the images of his works with biography and historical comments. The Worldwide Art Gallery: Sir Anthony van Dyck - Details of the Flemish artist's life plus the painting Charles I, King of England, Hunting.

65. Artist Gallery Anthony Van Dyck Artist s Page, Artist s Gallery. anthony van dyck (1599 1641 ). Image not available A Little Boy at his Mother s Knee, Image not available http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artist_work_e.jsp?iartistid=1565

66. Barewalls Art Prints And Posters Online - Bestsellers Taikan Yokoyama. Sir anthony van dyck. Birth Year 1599 Death Year 1641 Country Belgium anthony van dyck, portraitist, was born in Antwerp. http://www.barewalls.com/artistbio/Sir_Anthony_van_Dyck.html

Toll-free: 1-877-BAREWALLS ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES Charles Alston Beato Angelico Jean (Hans) Arp Hendrik Avercamp ... Taikan Yokoyama Sir Anthony van Dyck Birth Year : 1599 Death Year : 1641 Country : Belgium Anthony van Dyck, portraitist, was born in Antwerp. A child prodigy, he signed his first portrait in 1616 and was quite well known when he became a member of Rubens' studio before he had reached the age of twenty. Van Dyck became Rubens ' favorite pupil and his most valued assistant. Van Dyck could soon imitate the master's style so well that it was impossible to distinguish the work of one from that of the other. In 1620, Van Dyck was invited to England for a short period to paint court portraits. He spent the next seven years in Genoa painting religious themes in a baroque style and studying the Italian masters, especially Titian and the Venetian School. In 1627 he returned to Antwerp where he continued with his religious paintings and completed a series of etchings - brilliant psychological portraits of contemporary poets and artists. His portraits became more restrained and slightly less brilliant in color as he began to develop his own style. Van Dyck returned to England in 1632 and spent the rest of his life there as court painter to Charles I. During the last nine years of his life, he painted over 350 court portraits. These are executed in an entirely original style characterized by a warm palette, subdued by his use of cold grays and blacks and by skillful draughtsmanship, and combined in a manner that shows the influence of

67. BBC - Painting Flowers - Van Dyck anthony van dyck 15991641 This Flemish painter earned such a good reputation that his services as a portraitist were in international demand from royalty and http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/paintingflowers/artists/van_dyck.shtml

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index THURSDAY 27th May 2004 Text only BBC Homepage BBC Four Painting the weather ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! Anthony van Dyck This Flemish painter earned such a good reputation that his services as a portraitist were in international demand from royalty and the aristocracy. In 1620 Van Dyck made his first of many visits to England, where he worked for a short time at the court of King James I. He travelled to Italy where he was overwhelmed with commissions to paint aristocratic families. In 1632 he returned to England where Charles I made him court artist. Portrait of Sir Kenelm Digby Sir Anthony van Dyck Self-portrait with a Sunflower Sir Anthony van Dyck

68. Van Dyck, Sir Anthony encyclopediaEncyclopedia van dyck or vandyke, Sir anthony, both van dIk Pronunciation Key. van dyck or vandyke, Sir anthony , 1599 http://www.factmonster.com/cgi-bin/id/A0850444.html

Encyclopedia Van Dyck or Vandyke, Sir Anthony [both: van d I k] Pronunciation Key Van Dyck or Vandyke, Sir Anthony , Flemish portrait and religious painter and etcher, b. Antwerp. In 1618 he was received as a master in the artists' guild, but even before this he produced independent paintings in his studio. For a few years he was the skilled assistant and close collaborator of Rubens . In 1620 he was summoned to England by James I, whose portrait (now lost) he painted. The next year he went to Italy, where he studied the works of the great Venetians and painted a series of portraits of the Genoese nobility. These pictures, many of them still in the palaces of the Doria, Balbi, Durazzo, and Grimaldi families, show Van Dyck's extraordinary gift for aristocratic portraiture. Van Dyck conferred upon his sitters elegance, dignity, and refinement, qualities pleasing to royalty and aristocracy. An outstanding example is the portrait of Marchesa Elena Grimaldi (National Gall., Washington, D.C.). In 1627, Van Dyck returned to Antwerp, where he rivaled Rubens in popularity and painted a famous series of religious pictures. In 1632, Van Dyck was invited to England by Charles I. His most successful portraits of the monarch are in the Louvre and in Buckingham Palace. He was made court painter, was knighted, and was overwhelmed with commissions. Assistants were employed to enlarge his small black-and-white sketches and to paint the drapery from clothes lent by the sitter. With this preparation he was able to complete pictures very rapidly. From 1634 to 1635 he spent some time in Antwerp, where he painted his masterly

69. Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641), Painter National Portrait Gallery, list of portraits for Sir anthony van dyck including Inigo Jones after Sir anthony van dyck, Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp04604&role=art

70. Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641), Painter National Portrait Gallery, list of portraits for Sir anthony van dyck including Inigo Jones after Sir anthony van dyck, Inigo Jones after an engraving by http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp04604

71. Sir Anthony Van Dyck Sir anthony van dyck 15991641. Flemish painter, who was one of the most important and prolific portraitists of the 17th century http://artistbios.everestwebworks.com/vanDyck.html

Sir Anthony van Dyck Flemish painter, who was one of the most important and prolific portraitists of the 17th century and one of the most brilliant colorists in the history of art. Van Dyck was born on March 22, 1599, in Antwerp, son of a rich silk merchant, and his precocious artistic talent was already obvious at age 11, when he was apprenticed to the Flemish historical painter Hendrik van Balen. He was admitted to the Antwerp guild of painters in 1618, before his 19th birthday. He spent the next two years as a member of the workshop of the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens in Antwerp. Van Dyck's work during this period is in the lush, exuberant style of Rubens, and several paintings attributed to Rubens have since been ascribed to van Dyck. Back in Antwerp from 1627 to 1632, van Dyck worked as a portraitist and a painter of church pictures. In 1632 he settled in London as chief court painter to King Charles I, who knighted him shortly after his arrival. Van Dyck painted most of the English aristocracy of the time, and his style became lighter and more luminous, with thinner paint and more sparkling highlights in gold and silver. At the same time, his portraits occasionally showed a certain hastiness or superficiality as he hurried to satisfy his flood of commissions. In 1635 van Dyck painted his masterpiece, Charles I in Hunting Dress (Louvre, Paris), a standing figure emphasizing the haughty grace of the monarch.

72. Carte Du Ciel Et Planètes Pour Anthony Van DYCK anthony van dyck, né le 22 mars 1599 à 12h00 à Antwerp (Belgique). http://www.astrotheme.fr/portraits/v73QM7N46Zk8.htm

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73. Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641) Oil on canvas Lord Frederick Campbell Bequest 1809 JBS 245 O ne of van dyck s most important history paintings , it was probably commissioned in 162021 by http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/gallery/painters/vandyck.html

The Continence of Scipio Oil on canvas Lord Frederick Campbell Bequest 1809 JBS 245 O ne of Van Dyck's most important "history paintings", it was probably commissioned in 1620-21 by George Villiers, Ist Duke of Buckingham and favourite of James I. Although it ostensibly represents a classical subject it is thought to be an allegory of the difficult circumstances surrounding the marriage of Buckingham to Lady Katherine Manners, and the figures holding hands are likely to be portraits of the couple. Like his master Rubens, Van Dyck had a keen interest in antiquity, and he invokes the world of ancient Carthage with the inclusion of a Roman frieze copied from a piece known to have been in the Earl of Arundel's celebrated collection of antiquities. Top Last updated 31-May-00

74. WebMuseum: Dyck, Sir Anthony Van dyck, Sir anthony van. Photographs by Carol GertenJackson. Self Portrait (20 Kb); Oil on canvas; Pinakothek, Munich. dyck, Sir anthony van (1599-1641). http://www.dl.ket.org/webmuseum/wm/paint/auth/dyck/

These pages were developed by the staff of WebMuseum http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/wm/net/ KET Distance Learning is grateful for their wonderful work and their permission to mirror the site. Dyck, Sir Anthony van Photographs by Carol Gerten-Jackson Self Portrait (20 Kb); Oil on canvas; Pinakothek, Munich Dyck, Sir Anthony van (1599-1641). Apart from Rubens , the greatest Flemish painter of the 17th century. In 1609 he began his apprenticeship with Hendrick van Balen in his native Antwerp and he was exceptionally precocious. Although he did not become a master in the painters' guild until 1618, there is evidence that he was working independently for some years before this, even though this was forbidden by guild regulations. Probably soon after graduating he entered Rubens's workshop. Strictly speaking he should not be called Rubens's pupil, as he was an accomplished painter when he went to work for him. Nevertheless the two years he spent with Rubens were decisive and Rubens's influence upon his painting is unmistakable, although ven Dyck's style was always less energetic. In 1620 van Dyck went to London, where he spent a few months in the service of James I (1566-1625), then in 1621 to Italy, where he travelled a great deal, and toned down the Flemish robustness of his early pictures to create the refined and elegant style which remained characteristic of his work for the rest of his life. His great series of

75. Sir Anthony Van Dyck - Gemälde-Börse - Internationale Literatur 0810939177_m.gif (16054 Byte). anthony van dyck. Artists Index AZ. Schnellsuche deutsche Titel USTitel. anthony van dyck Alfred Moir / Hardcover / Published 1994. http://www.gemaelde-boerse.de/paintings/international_books/van_dyck.htm

Gemälde-Börse English Site Kunst Buch Markt Galerien ... Photographers Index A-Z Featured Book Adam : The Male Figure in Art Schnellsuche deutsche Titel US-Titel Anthony Van Dyck Alfred Moir / Hardcover / Published 1994 Anthony Van Dyck (Great Painters Series) Natalia Gritsai / Hardcover / Published 1997 Anthony Van Dyck : Thomas Howard the Earl of Arundel (Getty Museum Studies on Art) Christopher White, et al / Paperback / Published 1996 Anthony Van Dyck Christopher Brown(Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1999 Anthony Van Dyck : Thomas Howard, the Earl of Arundel (Getty Museum Studies on Art) Christopher White, et al / Hardcover / Published 1995 In Search of Van Dyck Hilary Koprowski, Yelena Dubrovina / Paperback / Published 1993 Van Dyck: Paintings and Drawings Jonathan Glancey, Anthony Van Dyck (Creator) / Hardcover / Published 1999 Anthony Van Dyck Arthur K. Wheelock Anthony Van Dyck Arthur K. Wheelock Anthony van Dyck : suffer little children to come unto me = Antoine van Dyck : laissez les enfants venir áa moi Anthony Van Dyck Death, passion and politics : Van Dyck's portraits of Venetia and George Digby

76. Anthony Van Dyck - Art Prints, Pictures ART OF EUROPE. anthony van dyck art prints, pictures. 1599 - 1641. van dyck - art prints, pictures - Portrait of Charles 1 so, dick http://www.artofeurope.com/van_dyck/

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77. DYCK, Anthony Van Sciences, Northwestern University. dyck, anthony van (15991644). Lucas Vosterman, from Iconography. 1631. Etching. Antwerp. Portrait of http://www2.mmlc.nwu.edu/c303/comm/dyck-06.html

Department of Art History, College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University DYCK, Anthony van Lucas Vosterman, from Iconography . 1631. Etching. Antwerp. Portrait of Rubens' first professional printmaker (see Descent from the Cross) by his younger proteg‚ in Antwerp. Van Dyck determined to use the fluid medium of etching to record the remarkable cluster of artists around him in Antwerp around 1630; the idea draws upon engraved precedents from the last third of the sixteenth century as well as tributes to artists by their colleagues (see Aegidius Sadeler's Portrait of the Artist Spranger and his Wife). Many of the van Dyck etchings were reworked in details by engravers prior to publishing; others, including a self-portrait, remained unfinished. This image is a notable fully-etched and realized character portrait, worthy of van Dyck's dignified painted likenesses. INDEX - by Region INDEX - by Artists About this project

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79. CGFA- Bio: Sir Anthony Van Dyck Sir anthony van dyck (15991641). Sir anthony van dyck was a Flemish painter who was one of the most important and prolific portraitists of the 17th century. http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/cjackson/dyck/dyck_bio.htm

Sir Anthony van Dyck Special thanks to the Microsoft Corporation for permission to use following biographical information from Sir Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish painter who was one of the most important and prolific portraitists of the 17th century. He is also considered to be one of the most brilliant colorists in the history of art. Van Dyck was born on March 22, 1599, in Antwerp, son of a rich silk merchant, and his precocious artistic talent was already obvious at age 11, when he was apprenticed to the Flemish historical painter Hendrik van Balen. He was admitted to the Antwerp guild of painters in 1618, before his 19th birthday. He spent the next two years as a member of the workshop of the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens in Antwerp. Van Dyck's work during this period is in the lush, exuberant style of Rubens, and several paintings attributed to Rubens have since been ascribed to van Dyck. Back in Antwerp from 1627 to 1632, van Dyck worked as a portraitist and a painter of church pictures. In 1632 he settled in London as chief court painter to King Charles I, who knighted him shortly after his arrival. Van Dyck painted most of the English aristocracy of the time, and his style became lighter and more luminous, with thinner paint and more sparkling highlights in gold and silver. At the same time, his portraits occasionally showed a certain hastiness or superficiality as he hurried to satisfy his flood of commissions. In 1635 van Dyck painted his masterpiece, Charles I in Hunting Dress (Louvre, Paris), a standing figure emphasizing the haughty grace of the monarch.

80. Anthony Van Dyck In Toronto, By Robert Fulford anthony van dyck in Toronto by Robert Fulford. (The National Post, May 15, 2001) There s something odd about the newspaper reproductions http://www.robertfulford.com/AnthonyVanDyck.html

Anthony van Dyck in Toronto by Robert Fulford The National Post , May 15, 2001) There's something odd about the newspaper reproductions that show Sir Anthony van Dyck's portrait of Henry Danvers, Earl of Danby, alongside articles about Treasures from the Hermitage Museum, Russia: Rubens and His Age, the superb new exhibition that recently opened at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. What you notice first in that picture is a black, crescent-shaped mark on the earl's left cheek. It looks like a printing error, but the gallery's catalogue shows the same crescent, and when finally you get to the exhibition itself (which should be a major attraction for Toronto and its tourists from now till Aug. 12), you discover it's on the surface of the painting where, curiously enough, van Dyck painted it, in the late 1630s. Why? It seems that the earl suffered a facial wound in battle. Wanting his scar celebrated rather than ignored, he wore a patch that drew attention to it and the patch, being part of his manly self-presentation, became part of the portrait that van Dyck painted when he was official artist at the court of King Charles I, that high-handed monarch who happened also to be the greatest royal art collector in British history. Though his name isn't in the title, van Dyck turns out to be the star of Rubens and His Age. Peter Paul Rubens himself looks fine in this Canadian selection, which has been organized by the Toronto curators with the help of their St. Petersburg colleagues rather than merely accepted (like the Barnes collection, for instance) as a touring exhibition. It's a rich survey of Flemish Baroque, and its many pleasures include one majestic painter entirely new to me, Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569-1622), whose portrait of Margaret of Savoy stops the show. But the 10 portraits by van Dyck catch him so often at the top of his form that they remind us how great he was and how far wrong art history goes when it takes him for granted as a mere court painter, creator of "swagger portraits."

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