Antonis Van Dajk

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Portrait of an English Gentleman. c.1635. Oil on canvas. Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy.

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A Meadow, Surrounded by Trees. 1635. Watercolor on paper. British Museum, London, UK.

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Charles I, King of England. 1636. Oil on canvas. Windsor Castle, Royal Collection, UK.

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Charles I, King of England, from Three Angles. 1636. Oil on canvas. Windsor Castle, Royal Collection, UK.

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After Bernini. Charles I, King of England. 1636. Windsor Castle, Royal Collection, UK.

This portrait of Charles I was painted by Van Dyck for the Italian sculptor Bernini, who was commissioned by Papa Urban VIII to make the bust of Charles I. The bust was indeed created by Bernini in 1636 and was greatly admired by the King. Unfortunately the sculpture was lost in the fire in the Whitehall Palace in 1698.

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Prince of Wales, Future Charles II, King of England. 1637. Oil on canvas. Windsor Castle, Royal Collection, UK.

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Children of Charles I. 1637. Oil on canvas. Windsor Castle, Royal Collection, UK.

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James Stuart, Duke of Lennox and Richmond. 1637. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
James Stuart, Duke of Lennox and Richmond (1612-1655), was a relative and a close friend of Charles I. His younger brothers Lord John Stuart and Lord Bernard Stuart fought in the Civil War and were killed.

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James Stuart, Duke of Lennox and Richmond. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris. France.

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Lord John Stuart and His Brother Lord Bernard Stuart. 1637. Oil on canvas. National Gallery, London, UK.

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George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol and William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford. 1637. Oil on canvas. Earl Spencer, Althorp, UK.

William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford (1613-1700), English nobleman. In the Civil War he first supported parliament and fought with Cromwell at Edgehill (1642), then turned royalist next year, but after the battle of Newbury changed sides again. He was married to Lady Anne Digby, sister of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol

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Lady Elizabeth Thimbleby and Dorothy, Viscountess Andover. 1637. Oil on canvas. National Gallery, London, UK.

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Portrait of an Unknown Woman. 1630s. Oil on canvas.Arkhangelskoye Palace Museum, Moscow, Russia.

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Portrait of Dona Polyxena Spinola Guzmбn de Laganйs. 1630s. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA.

Dona Polyxena Spinola Guzmán de Laganés was the daughter of a Genoese admiral and the wife of Spain's ambassador to Genoa. Her marriage took place in Madrid in 1628. Both her Italian father and her Spanish husband served official duties in the Netherlands, and her costume is northern European in style.
The historical comments on Spinolas are kindly presented by the descendent of the Spinola family Fiorenbellina Spinola.

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Lady Borlase. 1638. Oil on canvas. Kingston Lacy, Dorset, UK.

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Portrait of Lady d'Aubigny. 1638. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA.
Lady Catharine d'Aubigny, née Howard, she married Lord George d'Aubigny, in 1638. The portrait was fulfilled shortly after her betrothal

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Equestrian Portrait of Charles I, King of England. 1638. Oil on canvas. National Gallery, London, UK.

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Cupid and Psyche. 1638. Oil on canvas. Kensington Palace, Royal Collection, London, UK.

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Philip, 4th Earl of Pembroke and His Family. 1630s. Oil on canvas. Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House, Salisbury, UK.

Philip, 4th Earl of Pembroke (1584-1650), English statesman, brother of the poet William Herbert. He was a favorite of James I. He strove to promote the peace between Charles I and the Scots, but left the king and joined the Parliamentarists

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Thomas Killigrew and Lord William Crofts. (?). 1638. Oil on canvas. Windsor Castle, Royal Collection, UK.

Thomas Killigrew (1612-1683), English playwright, brother of Sir William Killigrew, also playwright. He was page in the household of Charles I and afterwards a companion of Charles II in exile and his groom of the bedchamber after the Restoration. He published in 1664 nine plays

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Arthur Goodwin. 1639. Oil on canvas. Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, UK.

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Portrait of Philadelphia and Elizabeth Wharton. Late 1630s. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford in an Armor. 1639. Oil on canvas. National Trust, Petworth House, Sussex, UK.

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641), English statesman, was of Yorkshire family with royal connection. In 1614 he became MP for Yorkshire, although initially in opposition, he in 1628 became a royalist. In 1632 he was appointed a Lord Deputy of Ireland, where he ruled despotically. In 1639 he became the Charles I's chief adviser and was made Earl of Strafford and lord-lieutenant of Ireland. He was seen by the Parliament as main obstacle to Pym, the leader of the Parliament and was condemned to death by Act of Parliament. When Charles I refused to agree to his execution, a violent mob outside Whitehall Palace threatened the queen and the King gave in. He was beheaded in May 1641

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Princess Mary Stuart and Prince William of Orange. 1641. Oil on canvas. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Princess Mary Stuart (1631-1660), the eldest daughter of Charles I, she was married at the age of 10, in 1641 to Prince William of Orange (future William II), stadholder and captain-general of the Netherlands. They had a son, future English king William III, husband of Mary II. See also Mary on the one of several portraits by Van Dyck as a child

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St. Jerome. Oil on canvas. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.