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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.
Self-portraits by Anthony van Dyck (17th-century). ... Self-Portrait with a Sunflower This page was last edited on 11 November 2024, at 00:34 (UTC). ...
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.
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References: L'opera completa di Van Dyck, 836 ; Alle tot nu toe bekende schilderijen van Van Dyck, 939; Van Dyck catalog raisonné, 1909, 401; Van Dyck exhibition catalog, 1999, 67
From 1632 until his death in 1641, van Dyck travelled regularly to London and the court of his patron Charles I. An art lover, Charles I made van Dyck his Principal Painter and a baronet. In between he spent short periods in Antwerp, Brussels and Paris, where he hoped to become a court painter to Louis XIII of France.
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 ]
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