Sir Anthony van Dyck (many variant spellings See Van Dyke for other uses of all spellings), (22 March 1599 - 9 December 1641) was a Flemish artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of Charles I of England and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next 150 years. Wikipedia
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This great painter was the seventh child of a family of twelve, being the son of Frans Van Dyck, merchant in silk, linen, and kindred materials, and of Maria, daughter of Dirk Cuypers and Catherina Conincx. www.newadvent.org/cathen/05220b.htm
