Written about 1638, the portrait of the two Stuart brothers before their departure abroad can be considered the pinnacle of the art of the ceremonial portrait. Everything in him is

On the portrait Maria Henrietta Stewart and Wilhelm of Orange. They are the bride and groom. She is 9 years old, he is 15. Maria is an English princess, Wilhelm

This portrait of the composition echoes another famous painting by Van Dyck – a portrait of Helen Grimaldi Cattaneo. The artist quite often resorted to a similar arrangement of figures,

Antonis van Dyck, a pupil and younger contemporary of Rubens, is one of the greatest artists of Flanders of the 17th century. In 1632, Van Dijk, having accepted the invitation

Henriette Maria of France is the youngest daughter of King Henry IV and Maria de ‘Medici. At the age of 16 she was married to Charles I Stewart, King of

“Self-portrait”, written by Van Dyck, after he returned from Italy, is the pearl of the Hermitage collection. He is one of the best works of the artist in his genre.

The painting “Saint Bruno” is supposed to be performed by the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyke in the early period of his work, when a young artist, already admitted to

Portraits of Van Dyck often wrote against the backdrop of landscapes that played an applied role and therefore were not thoroughly studied by the artist. It is more interesting to

If very briefly to determine the difference between the Dutch and Flemish art of the XVII century, then we can say that the first is dominated by still lifes, called

Thomas Wharton is an English researcher of the history of literature, a critic and poet, professor of poetry at Oxford University. Poetic laureate of England. Poems began to write as

This is one of the best portraits written by van Dyck in Italy. It is not known for certain who exactly posed for the artist, but we can assume that

Working in the workshop of Rubens, Van Dijk has learned so well to imitate the manner of the teacher that modern researchers often can not determine which elements in the

Before us is a young mother with a child on her knees. First we see full pride in our child’s mother’s face and serious face of the child. Then pay

In the heyday of his work, the best Flemish portraitist Antonis Van Dyke worked at the court of King Charles I. He created a gallery of portraits of the English

The portrait of the royal children van Dyck wrote for their mother Henrietta Maria. She wanted to send the picture to her sister Christine, the Duchess of Savoy, in return

Antonis van Dyck is a Flemish painter, a portrait master. In 1625 Charles I became the successor of his father James I as King of Great Britain and Ireland. From

In the center of the portrait, with a hand on the head of a huge mastiff, stands Prince Charles. To his right is Princess Mary, the first royal princess and

We have not reached the memories of contemporaries about this picture – for the first time it was mentioned only in 1711. But the way it is written allows us

Antipope, the daughter of the Theban king, Nicotea. Pregnant from Jupiter, who appeared to her in the image of a satyr, Antioopus fled from Thebes to Sicyon in fear of

After King Magus Herods was predicted to have a baby in Bethlehem who would become the new ruler, he decided to kill all children under the age of three. That