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1632 In Art
Events from the year 1632 in art. Events * July - Portraitist Anthony van Dyck, newly returned to London, is knighted and granted a pension as ''Principle Painter in Ordinary, principalle Paynter in ordinary to their majesties''. * Construction of the Taj Mahal mausoleum begins at Agra in India, probably to a design by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. It will continue until 1653 in art, 1653. Works *Rembrandt **''The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp'' **'':File:Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn - Jacob III de Gheyn - Google Art Project.jpg, Jacob de Gheyn'' **'':File:Portrait of Maurits Huygens.jpg, Maurits Huygens'' **''Philosopher in Meditation'' (or ''Interior with Tobit and Anna'') *Nicholas Stone - :File:Monument to Heneage Finch by Nicholas Stone, 1632, Victoria and Albert Museum.JPG, Monument to Heneage Finch *Jusepe de Ribera **''Ixion (Ribera), Ixion'' **''The Blind Sculptor'' *Sir Anthony van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Van Dyck
Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. The seventh child of Frans van Dyck, a wealthy Antwerp silk merchant, 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 in 1618. By this time he was working in the studio of the leading northern painter of the day, Peter Paul Rubens, who became a major influence on his work. Van Dyck worked in London for some months in 1621, then returned to Flanders for a brief time, before travelling to Italy, where he stayed until 1627, mostly in Genoa. In the late 1620s he completed his greatly admired ''Iconography'' series of portrait etchings, mostly of other artists. He spent five years in Flanders after his return from Italy, and from 1630 was court painter for the arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
