Anthony van DyckFlandern, 1599–1641De zelfmoord van Sophonisba
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Amsterdam, Niederlande
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- Quelle
- Das Museum
Angaben
- Inventarnummer
- RP-T-00-430
Was es zeigt
Im Katalog
Quellen
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
- Bild: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam — public domain
Derweil im Leben von Anthony van Dyck
Das ganze Lebenfrom 1617
Beginning of Work with Rubens
From 1617 Van Dyck collaborated for a long period with Peter Paul Rubens, whose pupil he became, giving up his independent workshop; Rubens spoke of him as his best pupil.
1620
First Trip to London to the Court of James I
In October 1620, at the age of twenty-one, Van Dyck moved to London to the court of King James I at the urging of the Duke of Buckingham and the Earl of Arundel; he received an annual pension of one hundred pounds sterling from the king.
20 November 1621
Departure for Italy, Arrival in Genoa
In 1621 Van Dyck decided to go to Italy; Rubens supplied him with funds and letters of introduction. On 20 November 1621 he arrived in Genoa and remained in Italy for six years, where his fame as a portraitist was consolidated.
winter 1622
Winter in Venice, Studying Titian
Van Dyck spent the winter of 1622 in Venice, where, accompanied by Titian's nephew Cesare Vecellio, he fulfilled a long-held dream of seeing the works of Titian and Paolo Veronese; on the way he stopped in Bologna and Parma, where he admired Correggio's frescoes.
1622
Journey to Rome
In February 1622 Van Dyck left for Rome, where he stayed until August of that year and for most of 1623; he was introduced into the best circles of society and copied Renaissance masterpieces at the Palazzo Ludovisi and the Villa Borghese.
