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Anthony van Dyck
Anthony van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck

Flemish, 1599 - 1641
Death PlaceLondon, England
Birth PlaceAntwerp, Flanders (now Belgium)
SchoolAGOArtists
BiographyBorn the seventh of twelve children to a wealthy silk merchant in Belgium, Anthony van Dyck began to paint at an early age. By the age of nineteen, he had become a teacher in Antwerp. Soon afterward, he collaborated and trained with the famous Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens. He studied and worked in Venice and Paris. Van Dyck was famed as a portrait painter in France and England, creating portraits for Charles I and Louis XIV.
Person TypeIndividual
Terms
  • London
  • Belgium
  • Artist
  • Baroque
  • Flemish Baroque
  • Male
  • Antwerp
  • Anvers
  • Baroque
  • Flemish Baroque
  • England
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