Flemish Master Anthony Van Dyck created understated and sophisticated portraits as court painter to Charles I of England; his style influenced other famous artists until the nineteenth century. Here we see the nuanced emotion in the face of a young boy, King Charles II with a pistol in hand brings to attention the detail that made Van Dyck a painter for the ages.
King Charles II painting, after Anthony Van DyckAnthony van Dyck Flemish (1599 - 1641) |
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Flemish Master Anthony Van Dyck created understated and sophisticated portraits as court painter to Charles I of England; his style influenced other famous artists until the nineteenth century. Here we see the nuanced emotion in the face of a young boy, King Charles II with a pistol in hand brings to attention the detail that made Van Dyck a painter for the ages. |
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