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Anthony van Dyck

Type Figure Region Flanders Time 1599–1641 Also known as van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) was a Flemish Baroque painter, one of Rubens's most outstanding pupils, renowned for his elegant and refined court portr…

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  1. 1632–1640London · Greater LondonIn 1632 he was hired by Charles I as principal painter in ordinary, producing numerous full-length portraits of the king, queen, and nobility. With elongated figures, splendid costumes, and confident bearing, he established the style of British Baroque portraiture; representative works include the equestrian portrait series of Charles I.
  2. 1641London · Greater LondonHe died in the Blackfriars district of London on December 9, 1641, at the age of only forty-two. King Charles I deeply mourned his death, and the British court portrait tradition was thereby established and continued into the era of Reynolds and Gainsborough.

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