Anthony van DyckFlemish, 1599–1641Filippo Cattaneo
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Yes, on view now
Where is “Filippo Cattaneo” now? National Gallery of Art, Gallery 42 · West Building, Main Floor, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.
Open now· until 5:00 PM
On public display.
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- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1942.9.93
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In the catalog
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- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access
In the life of Anthony van Dyck
The whole life20 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.
February 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.
1624
Quarantine During the Plague in Palermo
In Palermo Van Dyck found himself in quarantine during the plague of 1624, one of the most severe in Sicily's history; there he created an important series of paintings of Saint Rosalia, the city's patroness, establishing her iconography for the Italian Baroque.
April 1624
Invitation to Palermo
In April 1624 Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, Viceroy of Sicily, invited Van Dyck to Palermo to paint his portrait.
1625
Guest of Peiresc in Provence
In 1625 Van Dyck was briefly the guest of the humanist Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc in Provence.
