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DYCK, Sir Anthony van: Self-Portrait

🖼 Self-Portrait, 1622-23
Oil on canvas
117 × 94 cm
St. Petersburg, Russia

Luxuriant brown curls frame a refined face rendered with fluid brushwork, the artist gazing directly outward in aristocratic composure. Van Dyck's self-assured presentation established the prototype for court portraiture, influencing European elite portraiture for generations.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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