Anthony van Dyck
Flemish, 1599-1641
Lucas Vorsterman
INV-5587
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish, 1599-16411630/33
Lucas Vorsterman
Anthony van Dyck Flemish, 1599-1641 →etchingprint
Date
1630/33
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 21.8 × 15.1 cm (8 5/8 × 6 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Among the 15 etchings that Van Dyck created for his portrait series, the Iconography, this arresting yet ambiguous portrait of Lucas Vorsterman may provide the most compelling description of a face; the wide-eyed expression suggests both apprehension and aggression. Van Dyck knew his subject well. Both he and Vorsterman served as assistants in the workshop of the celebrated and controlling painter, draftsman, and printmaker Peter Paul Rubens.
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