Courtney Herber, PhDDec 9, 2022
#OnThisDay in #history in 1641
court #painter Antony Van Dyck (1599-1641) died.
A prolific painter, Van Dyck was apprenticed around the age of 10 & set up his own studio c. 1615 and began working under Reubens. Following in the tradition of Holbein, in 1632 Van Dyck was appointed "principalle Paynter in Ordinary to their Majesties," Charles I of #England and Henrietta Maria. As their favorite portraitist, he created some of their most iconic portraits.
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@court @histodons @royalhistory Love Van Dyck - and his respect for the great Sofonisba Anguissola, who could no longer see well enough to paint. “On 12 July 1624 [Van Dyck] visited Sofonisba, now eighty-nine…at the Lomellini Palace in Palermo, to paint her portrait.” https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/04/07/extract-or-the-day-anthony-van-dyck-received-wise-advice-from-the-words-of-a-blind-womanthe-17th-century-artist-sofonisba-anguissola #arthistory
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