Anthony van DyckFlemish, 1599–1641Bildnis eines jungen Mannes
May one see it?
Unknown
Vienna, Austria
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
In the catalog
Sources
- Kunsthistorisches Museum
- Image: Kunsthistorisches Museum — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Meanwhile, in the life of Anthony van Dyck
The whole life1626–1632
The Iconography Print Series
After returning to Antwerp, Van Dyck conceived a large series of engraved portraits of his contemporaries, the Iconography; he etched eighteen plates himself, executing the preparatory drawings mainly between 1626 and 1633. The first edition (80 plates) appeared in Antwerp in 1632.
1627
Return to Antwerp
In 1627 Van Dyck returned from Italy to Antwerp, where he remained for five years, creating portraits of the Flemish nobility and large altarpieces, and beginning to work in printmaking.
by 1630
Court Painter to Archduchess Isabella
From 1630 Van Dyck was court painter to Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia of Habsburg, regent of the Spanish Netherlands; for her portrait he received a gold chain.
1632 · Workplace
London
1632
Post: court painter
5 July 1632
Principal Painter to King Charles I
On 5 July 1632 Charles I officially appointed Van Dyck principal painter to the king, guaranteeing an annual income of two hundred pounds sterling; the king gave him a large house with a garden on the banks of the Thames.
