#van dijck

Floris van Dijck (Dutch, 1575-1651)

Still-life with Cheeses, Apples, Grapes, Olives, Bread, Gold and Silverware and China, N/D

Anton van dyck - Double Portrait of Brothers Lucas and Cornelis Wael - 1627

oil on canvas, 120 x 101 cm, Roma, Musei Capitolini

Cornelis de Wael (1592–1667) was a Flemish painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Italy, specifically Genoa. He was born in Antwerp, the son of a painter, and died in Rome.

He was born in a painting family in Antwerp as the son of the painter Jan de Wael I (1558–1633) and Gertrude de Jode, making him a cousin of Pieter de Jode II. His brother, Lucas de Wael (1591–1661) accompanied him on his trip to Italy where they settled in Genua. When Anthony van Dyck visited Genua he stayed with the brothers.

Cornelis was known mainly for his etchings, but he also has a reputation for painting landscapes. According to Houbraken he specialized in battle scenes and worked for Philip III of Spain and Philippe-Charles, 3rd Count of Arenberg. His pupils were the Flemish painter Giovanni di Lamberto or Jan Lambertsz Houwaert, his nephew Jan Baptist de Wael, and Antonio Rinaldi.

sir Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of Frans Snyders and his wife

Frans Snyders or Snijders (11 November 1579 – 19 August 1657) was a Flemish painter of animals and still life.

Snyders was born and died at Antwerp. He is recorded as a student of Pieter Brueghel the Younger in 1593, and subsequently received instruction from Hendrick van Balen, the first master of Van Dyck. He was a friend of Van Dyck who painted Snyders and his wife more than once (Frick Collection, Kassel etc.).

He became a master of the Antwerp painters guild in 1602. He visited Italy in 1608-9, visiting Rome, and working for Cardinal Borromeo in Milan. In 1611 he married Margaretha, the sister of Cornelis de Vos and Paul de Vos (another animal painter), in Antwerp. Jan Fyt was a student, and then assistant of his from 1629.

Antony van Dijck, Charles I, King of England, from Three Angles, 1636

Antony van Dyck, Portrait of King Charles I in his robes of state, 1636

Sir Anthony van Dyck (Dutch pronunciation: [vɑn ˈdɛˑɪ̯k], many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of Charles I of England and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next 150 years. He also painted biblical and mythological subjects, displayed outstanding facility as a draftsman, and was an important innovator in watercolour and etching.

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles believed was divinely ordained. Many of his English subjects opposed his actions, in particular his interference in the English and Scottish churches and the levying of taxes without parliamentary consent, because they saw them as those of a tyrannical absolute monarch.

Charles's reign was also characterised by religious conflicts. His failure to successfully aid Protestant forces during the Thirty Years' War, coupled with the fact that he married a Roman Catholic princess, generated deep mistrust concerning the king's dogma. Charles further allied himself with controversial ecclesiastic figures, such as Richard Montagu and William Laud, whom Charles appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. Many of Charles's subjects felt this brought the Church of England too close to the Roman Catholic Church. Charles's later attempts to force religious reforms upon Scotland led to the Bishops' Wars, strengthened the position of the English and Scottish parliaments and helped precipitate his own downfall.

Hermine Van Dijck - (masterproject in progress) (2011)

Weaving is like a trance, following a pattern, counting, listening to some lovely jazzy music. I always look forward to the moment when I can cut the woven-blanket off the loom, and take pictures of it.