Self Portrait After Anthony Van Dyck Flemish Baroque Oil Painting on Linen 28"

Description

Vintage 20th century oil portrait painting on linen after a circa 1622 Self Portrait by Anthony Van Dyck. Depicts a young Van Dyck with wavy reddish gold hair, dressed in a voluminous black robe with chain detail. Signed in lower right corner. Floral and scallop shell baroque gold frame.

"Sir Anthony van Dyck (22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy. The seventh child of Frans van Dyck, a wealthy silk merchant in Antwerp, Anthony painted from an early age. He was successful as an independent painter in his late teens and became a master in the Antwerp Guild on 18 October 1617. Van Dyck worked in London for some months in 1621, then returned to Flanders for a brief time, before travelling to Italy, where he stayed until 1627, mostly in Genoa. In the late 1620s he completed his greatly admired Iconography series of portrait etchings of mainly other artists and other famous contemporaries. He spent five years in Flanders after his return from Italy, and from 1630 was court painter for the Archduchess Isabella, Habsburg Governor of Flanders. At the request of Charles I of England he returned in 1632 to London as the main court painter. With the exception of Holbein, van Dyck and his contemporary Diego Velázquez were the first painters of pre-eminent talent to work mainly as court portraitists, revolutionizing the genre. Van Dyck is best known for his portraits of the aristocracy, most notably Charles I, and his family and associates. He was the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for over 150 years. He also painted mythological, allegorical and biblical subjects, including altarpieces, displayed outstanding facility as a draughtsman, and was an important innovator in watercolour and etching." (Source: Wikipedia)

Condition

Good Overall - Crazing/small chips to paint; gentle wear

Dimensions

23.5" x 2.75" x 27.5" / Sans Frame - 15.5" x 19.5"