Antonis Van Dajk

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Portrait of Adrian Stevens. 1629. Oil on canvas. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.

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The Painter Marten Ryckaert. 1629-1631. Oil on panel. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.

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Nicholas Lanier. 1630. Oil on canvas. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.

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Portrait of Maria Louisa de Tassis. c.1630. Grand Ducal Collection, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.

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The Rest on the Flight to Egypt. 1630. Oil on canvas. Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy.

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Portrait of Henry Danvers, Earl of Danby, as a Knight of the Order of the Garter. 1630s. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Portrait of Sir Thomas Chaloner. 1630s. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Portrait of Anna Dalkeith, Countess of Morton, and Lady Anna Kirk. 1630s. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Portrait of Anna Dalkeith, Countess of Morton, and Lady Anna Kirk. Detail. 1630s. Detail. 1630s. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Portrait of Anna Dalkeith, Countess of Morton, and Lady Anna Kirk. Detail. 1630s. Detail. 1630s. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Prince Rupert von der Pfalz. 1631-1632. Oil on canvas. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.

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Self-Portrait with Sir Endymion Porter. 1630s. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.

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Portrait of a Gentleman Dressed in Black, in Front of a Pillar. c.1630. Oil on canvas. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.

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Portrait of a Lady Dressed in Black, Before a Red Curtain. c.1630. Oil on canvas. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.

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Philip, Lord Wharton. 1632. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA.

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Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria with Charles, Prince of Wales and Princess Mary. 1632. Oil on canvas. Buckingham Palace, Royal Collection, UK.

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Equestrian Portrait of Charles I, King of England with Seignior de St. Antoine. 1633. Oil on canvas. Buckingham Palace, Royal Collection, UK.

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Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson. 1633. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA.

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Portrait of Marguerite of Lorraine, Duchess of Orléans. c.1634. Oil on canvas. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.

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Portrait of Henri II de Lorraine, Duc de Guise. 1634. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA.

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Charles I, King of England, at the Hunt. 1635. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France.

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Queen Henrietta Maria. 1635. Oil on canvas. Private Collection, New York, USA.

Henrietta Maria (1609-1669) queen consort of Charles I of Great Britain, the youngest daughter of Henri IV of France and Marie de Medici. She was married to Charles I in 1625. She was extremely unpopular in England due to her Roman Catholic beliefs and her numerous French attendants. In February 1642, under threat of impeachment, she fled to Holland and raised funds for the royalist cause. In 1643, she came back to England and on the 3rd of 1644 she was separated from Charles for the last time. At Exter, on June 16, 1644 she gave birth to her youngest daughter Henrietta Anne and a fortnight later she was compelled to flee to France. After the restoration she visited England twice in 1660-1661 and 1662-1665.

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Children of Charles I. 1635. Oil on canvas. Windsor Castle, Royal Collection, UK.

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George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and His Brother Lord Francis Villiers. 1635. Oil on canvas. Windsor Castle, Royal Collection, UK.

George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1627-1687) son of the 1st Duke of Buckingham, favorite of James I and Charles I. After the assassination of his father he, his brother Lord Francis Villiers and sister Lady Mary Villiers were brought up with the children of Charles I. At the outbreak of the Civil War (1642-1646) he joined the royalists and served under Prince Rupert. In 1648 he joined the rising by Lord Holland in Surrey and barely escaped with his life, although his younger brother Lord Francis Villiers was killed. He went with Charles II to Scotland, and after the battle of Worcester went into exile. At the Restoration he became a privy councilor and for the next 25 years was notorious for his debauchery and wit. In 1674 he was dismissed from the government and lost the influence to another favorite. He was an author of several comedies

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Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel and Surrey with His Grandson Lord Maltravers. 1635. Oil on canvas. Duke of Norfolk, Arundel Castle, Sussex, UK.

Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel and Surrey(1586-1646) English statesman and a connoisseur of fine arts. He held a high position at the court of James I and Charles I, but is better known for his collection of fine art. He first invited Van Dyck to London in 1621 and urged the King to invite him again in 1632. He supported Van Dyck in London, who painted a lot of pictures of him and members of his family. See portrait of his wife Alathea Howard, Countess of Arundel, née Talbot by Peter Paul Rubens