Painting #041 - Anthony van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck 

(1599-1641, Flemish Baroque) 

Charles I at the Hunt  / Le Roi à la chasse 

- van Dyck in 1635 

- oil on canvas (105 x 76 cm)

- Louvre, Paris

Charles I (1600–1625–1649), believing in the divine right of kings, was monarch of England, before he was beheaded.

(L) Contemporary German print of Charles I's beheading outside the Banqueting House, Whitehall

(R) Overlooking the Banqueting House is this clock at the “Horse Guard Parade”. The background of the numeral II was and remains blackened to commemorate the execution taken at 2 P.M.

 

  
His son Charles II refused to entitle the army 'Royal': today they have the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Forces. 

Van Dyck became the leading court painter in England, after enjoying great success in Italy and Flanders. This triple portrait of King Charles I was sent to Rome for Bernini to create a marble bust.

Triple portrait of Charles I  
aka Charles I in Three Positions 

- Van Dyck in 1636
- oil on canvas (85 x 100 cm)

- Royal Collection (Windsor Castle)

The bust was destroyed with Whitehall Palace by a fire in 1698.

Sir Van Dyck is most famous for his portraits of Charles I and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next 150 years. 

He was also an important innovator in watercolor and etching.

Self Portrait with a Sunflower 
- Van Dyck c.1633

- oil on canvas (59 x 73 cm)

- Trinity College (Cambridge) 

It seems that Rubens also agreed that his favorite student and HM looked similar.

Anthony van Dyck 

- Peter Paul Rubens c.1627–28
- oil on canvas (65 x 50 cm)

- Louvre (Paris) 

Source: Wikipedia