Eye Contact
Peter Campbell: Anthony van Dyck, 16 September 1999
Anthony van Dyck 1599-1641
by Christopher Brown and Hans Vlieghe.
Royal Academy, 360 pp., £22.50, May 1999,9780847821969 Show More
by Christopher Brown and Hans Vlieghe.
Royal Academy, 360 pp., £22.50, May 1999,
Anthony van Dyck: A Life, 1599-1641
by Robin Blake.
Constable, 435 pp., £25, August 1999,9780094797208 Show More
by Robin Blake.
Constable, 435 pp., £25, August 1999,
“... Sincerity and curiosity are virtues in painting; but so are grace, nobility and even the kindness that comes close to being flattery. ‘Van Dyck,’ Roger de Piles noted, ‘took his time to draw a face when it had its best looks on.’ He painted Charles I’s Queen, Henrietta Maria, as a handsome woman – without, it would seem, losing the likeness ... ”
