Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641)
Oil on canvas
47 1/8 x 34 5/8 in. (119.7 x 87.9 cm)
The Jules Bache Collection, 1949 (49.7.25)
A precocious talent, van Dyck worked with Rubens in Antwerp in the years before 1620. He went to England to the court of King James I in 1620 and remained there briefly before embarking on an extended trip to Italy. He portrays himself here as a somewhat foppish gentleman, avoiding all reference to his profession as a painter. Two self-portraits related to the present painting, as well as an oil sketch of the artist's head, all showing van Dyck at the age of about twenty, suggest the youthful artist's self-conscious awareness of his genius. The early self-portraits may have been painted about the time of his visit to England in 1620–21. The present painting belonged to the family of the dukes of Grafton from the late seventeenth century to the beginning of the twentieth.
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Index Terms
Art Movement/Style
Artist
- Dyck, Anthony van (Flemish, 1599–1641)
Material and Technique
Subject Matter/Theme
- Portrait Painting
- Portrait Painting from Europe
- Portrait Painting from the Low Countries
- Self–Portraiture
- Self–Portraiture from Europe
- Self–Portraiture from the Low Countries
