Tour: Sir Anthony Van Dyck

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Anthony van Dyck, a true genius at portraiture, revealed the aspirations of his sitters. He often flatteringly elongated his subjects and portrayed them sharply from below to enhance their stature. With elaborate settings, symbolic accessories, and suggestions of movement, Van Dyck made his sitters seem at once grand and alive, inaugurating a style of formal portraiture that is still emulated today. Van Dyck's elegant likenesses were sought eagerly in the Low Countries as well as in Italy and England, where he was knighted. His mythological and religious scenes were also greatly admired and profoundly influenced later generations of artists. (continue)

Captions

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1	Sir Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of a Flemish Lady, probably 1618
2	Sir Anthony van Dyck, Isabella Brant, 1621
3	Sir Anthony van Dyck, Susanna Fourment and Her Daughter, 1621
4	Sir Anthony van Dyck, Marchesa Balbi, c. 1623
5	Sir Anthony van Dyck, Marchesa Elena Grimaldi Cattaneo, 1623
6	Sir Anthony van Dyck, Filippo Cattaneo, 1623
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7	Sir Anthony van Dyck, Maddalena Cattaneo, 1623
8	Sir Anthony van Dyck, The Prefect Raffaele Raggi, c. 1625
9	Sir Anthony van Dyck, A Genoese Noblewoman and Her Son, c. 1626
10	Sir Anthony van Dyck, Lady with a Fan, c. 1628
11	Sir Anthony van Dyck, The Virgin as Intercessor, 1628/1629
12	Sir Anthony van Dyck, Philip, Lord Wharton, 1632
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13	Sir Anthony van Dyck, Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson, 1633
14	Sir Anthony van Dyck, Henri II de Lorraine, c. 1634
15	Sir Anthony van Dyck, Catherine Howard, Lady d'Aubigny, c. 1638