Around 1627, Van Dyck painted a portrait of the brothers Lucas and Cornelis de Val, Flemish artists. They were hospitable hosts – Van Dyke lived in their house in Genoa, This is the first known art critics pair portrait in the history of portraiture.
Subsequently, van Dyck repeatedly turned to the pair portrait. His brushes belong, for example, portraits of husband and wife – Charles I and Henrietta Maria, children – “Portrait of Elizabeth and Philadelphia Wharton”, ca. 1635-40 and father and son – “Portrait of Richard and his son Guillermo”.
Related Paintings
Portrait de Charles I et Henrietta Maria – Anthony Van Dyck 
Retrato de Carlos I y Henrietta Maria – Anthony Van Dyck 
Queen Henrietta Maria and Sir Jeffrey Hudson by Anthony Van Dyck 
Portrait of three older children of Charles I by Anthony Van Dyck 
Equestrian portrait of Charles I by Anthony Van Dyck 
Portrait équestre de Charles I – Anthony Van Dyck 
Portrait de trois enfants aînés de Charles I – Anthony Van Dyck 
Reine Henrietta Maria et Sir Jeffrey Hudson – Anthony Van Dyck