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Tate Britain Exhibition

Van Dyck and Britain

18 February – 17 May 2009

Free for Members

This sumptuous exhibition brings together some of the most magnificent paintings by Belgian-born painter Sir Anthony van Dyck, startlingly portraying many of the leading characters of the Stuart period.

A delightful exhibition...so go, revel, surrender, enjoy
The Daily Telegraph

Tate Britain

Millbank
London SW1P 4RG
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18 February – 17 May 2009

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Van Dyck and France under the Ancien Régime 1641–1793

Guillaume Faroult

Examining Anthony Van Dyck’s reputation in France from his death in 1641 to the opening of the Musée du Louvre …

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Van Dyck and Tapestry in England

Simon Turner

Van Dyck first came to England in 1620, when the Surrey-based Mortlake Manufactory began making tapestries. Simon Turner considers whether …
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Sir Anthony Van Dyck's Portraits of Sir William and Lady Killigrew, 1638

Karen Hearn

This paper discusses the painting of the courtier and writer Sir William Killigrew and the companion portrait of his wife …
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'A Carelesse Romance': Fashion and Fantasy in van Dyck's Portraits of the English Court

As court painter, Anthony van Dyck was largely responsible for creating the glamorous image that surrounds the court of King …

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A world on the verge of collapse

Adam Nicolson

In 1635 van Dyck painted his largest and most ambitious work, Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, and his Family. …

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The man who would be British

Jeremy Wood

Is Anthony van Dyck a British artist? Jeremy Wood charts the continental shift of a peripatetic man who spent two …
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Adam Nicolson on Van Dyck

In collaboration with TATE ETC. Adam Nicolson will bring Van Dyck to life with a focus on his relationship with …

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Sir Anthony Van Dyck

1599–1641
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