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DYCK, Sir Anthony van: Portrait of Lucas van Uffel

🖼 Portrait of Lucas van Uffel, c. 1622
Oil on canvas
125 × 101 cm
New York, United States

Soft brushwork captures a dignified gentleman in elegant attire, his composed gaze and refined posture suggesting aristocratic authority. Van Dyck's fluid technique and psychological penetration established the Flemish portrait as the model for European court painting.

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