Made by Anthony van Dyck / Self-Portrait / ca. 1630

Made by Anthony van Dyck
Self-Portrait
ca. 1630
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Creator Name: Dyck, Anthony van
Creator Nationality: European; Flemish
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: Flemish, 1599-1641
Creator Name-CRT: Made by Anthony van Dyck
Title: Self-Portrait
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1620
Creation End Date: 1640
Creation Date: ca. 1630
Object Type: Prints
Materials and Techniques: etching
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. (24.1 x 15.6 cm)
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 50.583.4
Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/
Context:

In this lively 'Self-Portrait' of about 1640, Anthony van Dyck masterfully etched his rakishly turning head with the spontaneity and fluidity found in his drawings and merely suggested the rest of his body through the sketchy but deftly placed lines indicating his neck and collar. Together with the other prints in his 'Iconography'-a portrait series depicting approximately one hundred famous nobles, scholars, and especially artists-Van Dyck's 'Self-Portrait' enlivened this established genre with its fresh and original depiction of the sitter. The plates to the 'Iconography,' of which fifteen were executed by Van Dyck and the remainder by nine hired printmakers, underwent modification and reprinting many times over the centuries; fortunately, early states of those etched by Van Dyck himself survive, such as this first state of the 'Self-Portrait.' Evident in later editions of the 'Iconography,' the engraver Jacques Neeffs completed the composition with a sculptural bust and pedestal-whether or not this was Van Dyck's intention remains unknown.

AMICA ID: MMA_.50.583.4
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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