Anthony van Dyck

Self Portrait With a Sunflower showing the gold collar and medal King Charles I gave him in 1633. The sunflower may represent the king, or royal patronage.

Sir Anthony van Dyck (22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist. He was the leading court painter in England in the early 17th century. He is most famous for his portraits of Charles I of England and his family and court. His style of portrait painting was followed in England for the next 150 years. He also painted biblical and mythological subjects.

Anthony Van Dyck Media

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Genoan hauteur from the Lomellini family, 1623
Anthony van Dyck, by Peter Paul Rubens (1627–28)
Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart, c. 1638, exemplifies the more intimate, but still elegant style he developed in England
Charles I and Henrietta Maria with their two eldest children, Prince Charles and Princess Mary April-August 1632
Lady Elizabeth Thimbelby and her Sister c. 1637
An anonymous portrait of van Dyck's wife Mary Ruthven (second half of the 17th century), National Museum, Kraków
Henrietta Maria and the dwarf, Sir Jeffrey Hudson, 1633

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Name	Dyck, Anthony Van
Alternative names	Antoon van Dyck, Anthonis van Dyck
Short description	painter
Date of birth	22 March 1599
Place of birth	Antwerp
Date of death	9 December 1641
Place of death