Portrait of a Cardinal
Anthony van Dyck · n.d. · Charcoal, with red chalk, and brush and pale brown wash, on off-white laid paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Portrait of a Cardinal is a public-domain drawing by Anthony van Dyck, dated n.d.. Charcoal, with red chalk, and brush and pale brown wash, on off-white laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Portrait of a Cardinal” (n.d.) is a portrait in Van Dyck’s court manner: an elegant pose, with the hands often as finished as the face.
About the artist
Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) was a Flemish portrait painter, trained near Rubens, who became court painter to Charles I in London. The pose is elegant and the hands are often as finished as the face.
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