Anthony van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck. Art Department: The Queen's Palaces. Sir Anthony van Dyck 22 March 1599 - 9 December 1641 was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. The seventh child of Frans van Dyck, a wealthy Antwerp silk merchant, Anthony painted from an early age. He was successful as an independent painter in his late teens, and became...