Frontispiece from the "Iconography"
late 17th century
Medium
Pen and iron gall ink on cream laid paper
Dimensions
29.9 × 19 cm (11 13/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
228381
Art Historical Context
Step into the Prints and Drawings department at the Art Institute of Chicago to admire Anthony van Dyck's *ispiece from the "Iconography"*, a delicate drawing from the late 17th century Rendered in pen and iron gall ink on cream laid (29.9 × 19 cm), this intimate work measures just 11 13/16 × 7 1/2 inches, capturing the finesse of Baroque draftsmanship in a compact format. Van Dyck, the Flemish master of portraiture and a key figure in the Baroque movement, created his *Iconography* (or *Icones Principum*) as a groundbreaking series of engraved portraits depicting Europe's eminent artists, sc...
About the Artist
Anthony van Dyck · 1599–1641
Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who revolutionized portrait painting and became the most influential court painter in 17th-century England. Born in Antwerp as the seventh of twelve children to a prosperous silk merchant, van Dyck displayed extraordinary artistic talent from childhood. He trained under Hendrick van Balen before joining Peter Paul Rubens's workshop as a...