Anthony van Dyck. World Painting

Anthony van Dyck, alongside Peter Paul Rubens and Jacob Jordaens, is one of the most important representatives of the Golden Age of Flemish painting. This distinguished portrait painter was one of Rubens's most talented and distinguished students. After leaving his master's studio, he developed a distinctive style that had a profound influence on later portrait painting. Carefully chosen colors and backgrounds gave the portraits a more majestic and distinguished character, and the figures depicted a sense of dignity and elegance. Anthony van Dyck was closely associated with the English royal court and, as court painter to King Charles I, received an English knighthood.