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DYCK, Sir Anthony van: Portrait of Anna Wake

🖼 Portrait of Anna Wake, 1628
Oil on canvas
113 × 99 cm
The Hague, Netherlands

Luminous skin and pearl-adorned silk reveal van Dyck's mastery of Flemish portraiture, capturing Anna Wake's composed elegance against a dark ground. This work exemplifies 17th-century aristocratic portraiture, establishing van Dyck's reputation as the era's preeminent society painter across Europe.

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