Anthony van Dyck facts for kids

Self Portrait With a Sunflower showing the gold collar and medal King Charles I gave him in 1633. The sunflower may represent the king, or royal patronage.

Sir Anthony van Dyck (22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist. He was the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of Charles I of England and his family and court. His style of painting was used for the next 150 years. He also painted biblical and mythological subjects.

Images for kids

Self-portrait, 1613–14
Genoan hauteur from the Lomellini family, 1623
Anthony van Dyck, by Peter Paul Rubens (1627–28)
The more intimate, but still elegant style he developed in England, c. 1638
Charles I at the Hunt, c. 1635, Louvre
Christ carrying the Cross
Henrietta Maria and the dwarf, Sir Jeffrey Hudson, 1633
The Cheeke Sisters, a late double portrait
Pieter Brueghel the Younger from the Iconography; etching by van Dyck
School of Van Dyck
This triple portrait of King Charles I was sent to Rome for Bernini to model a bust on
Daedalus and Icarus c. 1615 - 1625
Christ Crowned with Thorns (c. 1620) in the Prado
Self Portrait, c. 1621 Alte Pinakothek
Elena Grimaldi, Genoa 1623
Nicholas Lanier, 1628
The Vision of the Blessed Hermann Joseph c. 1629 - 1630
Rest on the Flight into Egypt (around 1630) Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Marie-Louise de Tassis, Antwerp 1630
Queen Henrietta Maria, London 1632
Charles I with M. de St Antoine (1633)
Katherine, Countess of Chesterfield, and Lucy, Countess of Huntingdon, c. 1636 - 40, oil on canvas, The Detroit Institute of Arts
James Stuart, Duke of Richmond, c. 1637
Equestrian Portrait of Charles I, c.1637-8
Portrait of Mary Hill, Lady Killigrew,
George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, ca. 1638–9
Self Portrait at the Rubenshuis in Antwerp

Persondata
Name	Dyck, Anthony Van
Alternative names	Antoon van Dyck, Anthonis van Dyck
Short description	painter
Date of birth	22 March 1599
Place of birth	Antwerp
Date of death	9 December 1641
Place of death