Van Dyck : paintings and drawings
/ James Lawson
- Munich : Prestel , 1999
- 144 p. : illus. ; 30 cm
Van Dyck in hindsight : introduction Lives invented, lives observed : Van Dyck as a history painter Movement and desitny : Van Dyck as a portraitist Public roles and private sentiment : Van Dyck as a court painter Van Dyck, 'peintre flamand' : conclusion Biography and context / by Kate Ferry-Swainson
Known for his portraits of 17th-century nobility, Anthony van Dyck was also a master in drawing, watercolour and engraving. While his formal commissions are couched in the language of wealth and power, his sketches and drawings display a taste for action, character and humour.
English
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Dyck, Anthony van (, 1599-1641)
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