Anthony van DyckFlemish, 1599–1641Francisco de Moncada, Marqués de Aytona
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Vienna, Austria
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Museum text in German
Beschriftung: Signatur: Bez. rechts auf der Säulenbasis: A. VAN DYCK
Kunsthistorisches Museum
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- Kunsthistorisches Museum
- Image: Kunsthistorisches Museum — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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.
September 1631
Marie de' Medici Visits His Studio
In September 1631 Van Dyck received in his studio the exiled Queen of France, Marie de' Medici, with her son Gaston d'Orléans, and painted their portraits; the queen noted in her memoirs his collection of works by Titian.
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.
1634
A Year in Flanders: Antwerp and Brussels
In 1634 Van Dyck moved for about a year to Antwerp and Brussels to visit his family; he bought a house in Antwerp, and in Brussels witnessed the entry of the new regent, the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand, whom he portrayed several times.
