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Self-Portrait with a Sunflower is a self-portrait by Anthony van Dyck, a Flemish Baroque artist from Antwerp, then in the Spanish Netherlands. The oil on canvas painting is generally between 1632 and 1633. His successful ventures in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy propelled van Dyck into a career as court painter. [1]
Portrait of a Lady: ca. 1620 Legion of Honor Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: San Francisco USA: Oil on Canvas 148 x 109.2 cm Portrait of Cornelis van der Geest: ca. 1620 National Gallery: London GBR: Oil on wood: 37.5 cm (14.8 in) × 32.5 cm (12.8 in) Self-portrait 1620–21: 1620–1621 Metropolitan Museum of Art: New York City USA ...
The Self-portrait of 1613–1614 is the first surviving self-portrait by the Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck, showing him aged about fifteen.At that date he was still working for Hendrick van Balen but was about to join Peter Paul Rubens's studio. [1]
Anthony van Dyck was born in Antwerp on 22 March 1599 as the seventh of 12 children of his parents. He was baptized the next day in the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk (now the Antwerp Cathedral) [5] His father was Frans van Dyck, a well-to-do silk merchant.
Self-portrait; Sir Anthony van Dyck: Artist: Anthony van Dyck Year: c. 1640: Medium: oil paint, canvas: Dimensions: 56.0 cm (22.0 in) × 46.0 cm (18.1 in) Location: National Portrait Gallery, United Kingdom : Owner: Alfred Bader, Philip Mould Collection: National Portrait Gallery, Johnny Van Haeften Gallery Identifiers: RKDimages ID: 122744
The self-portrait was probably painted by van Dyck during the winter of 1620–1621, which the artist spent in London.Van Dyck chose to portray himself as a country gentlemen dressed in fine clothes; he likely acquired these clothes due to his father being a wealthy clothier.
It is van Dyck's only self-portrait to include another figure, showing Porter's importance in his life. The pair had first met in 1620, during van Dyck's first stay in London. Porter was Charles I of England's main art dealer, negotiating to acquire the vast art collection of the Duke of Mantua and also collecting art for himself.
Self-portraits by Anthony van Dyck (17th-century). Pages in category "Self-portraits by Anthony van Dyck" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.