Van Dyck - Livres de poche

V A BY LIONEL CUST, M. V. O. SURVEYOR OF THE KINGS PICTURES AND WORKS OF ART, DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, ETC., ETC. LONDON GEORGE liELL AM S-. s 1906 Van S u-ke PREFATORY NOTE AT the publishers request this condensed version of the exhaustive treatise on the life and works of Anthony Van Dyck, by Mr. Lionel Cust, published in 1900, has been prepared by the author for the series of Great Masters in Painting and Sculpture, The work has been mainly one of excision, but the opportunity has been utilized to add some new facts which have recently come to light, and thus to bring the essay up to the level of present day knowledge. November, 1906. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE PREFATORY NOTE v LIST OP ILLUSTRATIONS ix CHAPTER I. Rubens and the Flemish School of Painting Birth and Parentage of Anthony Van Dyck Van Dyck in the studio of Van Balen Early paintings by Van Dyck .... CHAPTER II. Van Dyck in the studio of Rubens Difficulty of dis tinguishing their Works Early Portraits by Van Dyck . 12 CHAPTER III, Portraits of Van Dyck by Himself TheEarl and Countess of Arundel - Van Dyck leaves Rubens First Visit to England Return to Antwerp and Departure for Italy Arrival at Genoa Visit to Rome, Florence, and Venice . 22 CHAPTER IV. The Chatsworth Sketch-BookInfluence of Titian-Early Paintings in Italy St. Martin Van Dyck at Venice, Rome, and Genoa Cardinal Bentivoglio ... 32 CHAPTER V. Portraits by Van Dyck al Genoa Brignole-Sala, Spinola, Imperiale Doubtful Portraits Other Paintings by Van Dyck at Genoa Visit to Palermo Sofonisba Anguissola 41 CHAPTER VI. Other Portraits by Van Dyck at Genoa Langlois, the De Waels Return to Antwerp Death of his Sister Cor nelia Van Dyckmakes his Will 53 CHAPTER VII. Van Dycks Sacred Paintings Memorial to his Father vii viii TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Paintings at Ghent, Termonde, Mechlin, and Courtray The Nood Gods Samson and Dalila Secular Paint ings 6 CHAPTER VIII. Portraits painted by Van Dyck at Antwerp The Regent Isabella, De Moncada, and others Marie Luigia de Tassis Marie de j Medici 69 CHAPTER IX, Van Dyck invited to England Rinaldo and Armida Reasons for leaving Antwerp Sir Balthasar Gerbier Arrival in England Henrietta Maria and Theodorus Van Dyck Return to Antwerp Paintings for the Court at Brussels The Cardinal Infant Return to Antwerp and England, 7 CHAPTER X. The Portraits of Charles I, Henrietta Maria, and the Royal Family Other Paintings by Van Dyck for Charles I 88 CHAPTER XL Van Dyck at the English Court Mytens and Cornells Jansen the Great Families of Villiers, Stuart, Herbert, Wharton, Gary, Wriothesley the Cavaliers and their Portraits Laud and StrafFord 101 CHAPTER XII. Van Dycks Friends at Court Arundel, Endymion Porter, Inigo Jones, and others His Life at Blackfriars Ladies of the Court His Method of Painting Latest Portraits of Himself Van Dycks Marriage Death of Rubens Van Dyck revisits Antwerp Van Dyck at Paris Return to England and Death of Van Dyck no CHAPTER XI II. Engraving in the Netherlands The Iconographie of Van Dyck Van Dyck as an Etcher 121 CATALOGUE OF THE PRINCIPAL PAINTINGS BY SIR AN THONY VAN DYCK IN PUBLIC GALLERIES 131 INDEX 148 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO FACE PAGE Anthony Van Dyck . Collection of the Duke of Graf ton, K G. Frontispiece The Good Samaritan Collection of Prince Sanguszko, Galicia 14 M. Vinck . . Collection of M. Francois Schottaert, Louvain 18 Lady and Child . . . .Collection of the Earl Brownlow 20 St. Martin dividing his Cloak .... Saventhem Church 34 Cardinal Bentivoglio Palazzo Pitti Florence 36 Anton Giulio, Marchese di Brignole-Sala Palazzo RossO Genoa 42 Andrea Spinola . . . Collection of Capt. Heywood-Lonsdale 44 Daedalus and Icarus . Collection of the Earl Spencer K. G. 46 The Virgin and Child with St. Anthony of Padua Brera Gallery, Milan 48 The Crucifixion ..... Fine Arts Museum Antwerp 50 The Lamentation over Christ . Fine Arts Museum Antwerp 52 Frangois Langlois dit Ciartres Collection of Mr. W...