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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]
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 ...
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]
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
In addition to his real-life loves, Van Dyke also had palpable chemistry with his onscreen wife Mary Tyler Moore on the Dick Van Dyke Show, which ran from 1961 to 1966 and earned 15 Emmy Awards.
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 .
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