Van Dyck

An extremely accessible story about life and work: based on solid art historical research

After Bosch and Van Eyck; the charms of 17th-century portrait painting highlighted in a magnificent album.

Beautiful reproductions with an eye for beautiful and often unexpected details
Four hundred years ago, Anthony Van Dyck was born, an event that will be celebrated in 1999 with a festive Van Dyck year. Antwerp is preparing a number of major exhibitions that will highlight the various aspects of his work.
On the eve of this event, our publisher is presenting a magnificent art book that aims to present this artist in a different, very specific way.
An introductory essay tells about life and work, which are treated together as an organic, indivisible unity. Until now unknown sources about the life of the artist are incorporated in this argument.
The second part consists of a well-considered selection of Van Dyck's most fascinating paintings that introduce the reader to his extensive production. The reproductions of the paintings are numerous and magnificent. They start from a general picture of the whole and gradually focus on the beautiful and remarkable detail. There is no doubt that the carefully chosen details not only have a lot to offer didactically but are also often a delight to the eye. Informative, clearly written captions guide the reader/viewer and offer him the opportunity to see even more, even better and above all differently.