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DYCK, Sir Anthony van: Portrait of Peeter Stevens

🖼 Portrait of Peeter Stevens, 1627
Oil on canvas
113 × 99 cm
The Hague, Netherlands

Luminous skin and refined features dominate this three-quarter portrait, rendered with Van Dyck's signature fluid brushwork and aristocratic grace. Stevens, a prominent Antwerp merchant, embodies the rising bourgeoisie's cultural ambitions during the Spanish Netherlands' golden age.

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