PAINTER

Anthony van Dyck

1599 - 1641

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Sir Anthony van Dyck (Dutch: Antoon van Dyck [ˈɑntoːɱ vɑn ˈdɛik]; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy. The seventh child of Frans van Dyck, a wealthy silk merchant in Antwerp, Anthony painted from an early age. He was successful as an independent painter in his late teens and became a master in the Antwerp Guild on 18 October 1617. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony van Dyck has received more than 1,396,750 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Anthony van Dyck is the 45th most popular painter (up from 60th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 14th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Painter.

Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish painter who was most famous for his portraits of European nobles.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Anthony van Dyck ranks 45 out of 2,023. Before him are Masaccio, Gustave Courbet, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Amedeo Modigliani, Tintoretto, and Nicolas Poussin. After him are Paolo Veronese, Andrea del Verrocchio, J. M. W. Turner, Paul Klee, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, and Andrea Mantegna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1599, Anthony van Dyck ranks 3. Before him are Diego Velázquez, and Oliver Cromwell. After him are Pope Alexander VII, Francesco Borromini, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, Stefan Czarniecki, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, Adriaen van Utrecht, Pieter van Laer, Ottavio Piccolomini, and Andrea Sacchi. Among people deceased in 1641, Anthony van Dyck ranks 1. After him are Gwanghaegun of Joseon, Domenichino, Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, Thomas Mun, Jane Frances de Chantal, Jan Janszoon, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Johan Banér, George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, Jeremiah Horrocks, and Hedwig of Denmark.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Anthony van Dyck ranks 12 out of 1,190. Before him are Jan van Eyck (1395), René Magritte (1898), Leopold II of Belgium (1835), Gerardus Mercator (1512), Maurice Maeterlinck (1862), and Andreas Vesalius (1514). After him are Leopold III of Belgium (1901), Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908), Ursula von der Leyen (1958), Philip I of Castile (1478), Albert II of Belgium (1934), and Frans Hals (1582).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Anthony van Dyck ranks 3. Before him are Jan van Eyck (1395), and René Magritte (1898). After him are Frans Hals (1582), Rogier van der Weyden (1390), Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564), Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568), Jacob Jordaens (1593), James Ensor (1860), Hugo van der Goes (1440), Quentin Matsys (1466), and Paul Delvaux (1897).

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