. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . Z 2 z o HZ<. z rt ^ > (U ^ ~ Pi G w s ^ D. o H t=d tn >» 5 X u o u a: u. m (7> >» ^ SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK 1599-^6411 son of Franz van Dyck and Maria Cupers, was born at Antwerp,where his lather was a rich merchant. His genius for painting wasmanifested in extreme youth and won him the admiration and friend-ship of Rubens, whom he occasionally assisted without ever beinghis pupil. Indeed, he early learned to shun the fleshly style andgaudy colouring of that great artists later work. Van Dycks earlycareer, whether in the
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . Z 2 z o HZ<. z rt ^ > (U ^ ~ Pi G w s ^ D. o H t=d tn >» 5 X u o u a: u. m (7> >» ^ SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK 1599-^6411 son of Franz van Dyck and Maria Cupers, was born at Antwerp,where his lather was a rich merchant. His genius for painting wasmanifested in extreme youth and won him the admiration and friend-ship of Rubens, whom he occasionally assisted without ever beinghis pupil. Indeed, he early learned to shun the fleshly style andgaudy colouring of that great artists later work. Van Dycks earlycareer, whether in the Netherlands, in Ital}-, or on his occasionalvisits to England, the first of which was in 1620 or 1621, was one ofuninterrupted success and progress; but it was the work he did atGenoa which first attracted the attention of Charles 1, who often sentagents to Italy to purchase masterpieces for the English Roj^alcollection. In 1632 the painter settled in London, was knightedand received a pension and a settlement from the King; he madetwo visits to the Continent in 1634 an
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