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In the last decade of his life, Anthony van Dyck (15991641) undertook a printmaking project that changed the conventions of portraiture. In a series later namedtheIconography, he portrayed artists alongside kings, courtiers, and diplomatsa radical departure from preexisting conventions. He also depicted his subjects in novel ways, focusing on their facial features often to the exclusion of symbolic costumes or props. In addition to illustrating approximately60 works by Van Dyck and other artists from his eraparticularly Rembrandtthis catalogue traces the artist's influence over hundreds of years. Showcasing both 17th century portraits in a variety of media and portrait prints by a wide range of artists spanning the16th through the20th centuriesincluding Albrecht Dürer, Hendrick Goltzius, Francisco de Goya, Edgar Degas, and Jim Dinethe book demonstrates the indelible mark that Van Dyck left on the genre. Distributed for the Art Institute of ChicagoExhibition Schedule:Art Institute of

Van Dyck Rembrandt and the Portrait Print Elgar

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 3 May 2016
      ISBN-13 9780300218824
      978-0300218824
      ISBN-10 0300218826
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      History of art Prints and printmaking

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      Book Synopsis
      In the last decade of his life, Anthony van Dyck (15991641) undertook a printmaking project that changed the conventions of portraiture. In a series later namedtheIconography, he portrayed artists alongside kings, courtiers, and diplomatsa radical departure from preexisting conventions. He also depicted his subjects in novel ways, focusing on their facial features often to the exclusion of symbolic costumes or props. In addition to illustrating approximately60 works by Van Dyck and other artists from his eraparticularly Rembrandtthis catalogue traces the artist's influence over hundreds of years. Showcasing both 17th century portraits in a variety of media and portrait prints by a wide range of artists spanning the16th through the20th centuriesincluding Albrecht Dürer, Hendrick Goltzius, Francisco de Goya, Edgar Degas, and Jim Dinethe book demonstrates the indelible mark that Van Dyck left on the genre. Distributed for the Art Institute of ChicagoExhibition Schedule:Art Institute of

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