Lucas Vorsterman
Anthony van Dyck
1630/33
Medium
Etching in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 24.1 × 15.6 cm (9 1/2 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 29.2 × 21.6 cm (11 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51484
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...