Anthony
Van Dyke was born in Antwerp in 1599. After studying painting under
Hendrick van Balen he was accepted as a master of the guild of St
Luke at Antwerp.
Van
Dyke visited England in 1620 where he painted a full-length portrait
of James
I at
Windsor. He also painted the wife of Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel.
He returned to Europe and painted all the leading figures including
the Prince of Orange.
In
1632 Van Dyke arrived back in England and Charles
I appointed him as his Principal Painter. As well as the king
he painted Henrietta
Maria and
her two children. He also painted William
Laud,
Earl
of Denbigh,
Earl
of Pembroke,
Thomas
Wentworth,
Algernon
Percy
and Prince
Rupert.
Sir
Anthony Van Dyke died in 1641 and was replaced as Principal Painter
by William Dobson.
Mary,
Princess Royal and William, Prince of Orange (c. 1636)
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