Anthony van Dyck grew up in a large family of a wealthy merchant of Antwerp. In ten years, he began to study painting. Since 1617 was the closest assistant of Rubens, and in 1618 he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke. The first surviving independent works van Dyck ("crowning with thorns," around 1620, "St. Martin and the poor", 1620-1621 gg.) Anthony van Dyck grew up in a large family of a wealthy merchant of Antwerp. In ten years, he began to study painting. Since 1617 was the closest assistant of Rubens, and in 1618 he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke. The first surviving independent works van Dyck ("crowning with thorns," around 1620, "St. Martin and the poor", 1620-1621 gg.)
van Dyck quickly became fashionable portrait painter and created another picture ("Family Portrait" circa 1620-1621 gg.) van Dyck quickly became fashionable portrait painter and created another picture ("Family Portrait" circa 1620-1621 gg.)
The artist has created the whole gallery of portraits of the Italian aristocrats. In the image of cardinal Guido Bentivolo (1622-1623). This work has caused delight in contemporaries and followers of the poet. One of them has declared, that paints van Dyck – « an authentic flesh and blood, light and a transparency ». The artist has created the whole gallery of portraits of the Italian aristocrats. In the image of cardinal Guido Bentivolo (1622-1623). This work has caused delight in contemporaries and followers of the poet. One of them has declared, that paints van Dyck – « an authentic flesh and blood, light and a transparency ».