Stories of the Flemish & Dutch artists, from the time of the Van Eycks to the end of the seventeenth century (1908)
Reynolds, Victor, comp · London, Chatto & Windus; New York, Duffield & Co. · leaf 244
her thirty-third year; and Vandyck painted a portrait of herlying dead with a faded rose beside her. Herexpression is exceedingly beautiful, and like thatof a person in tranquil sleep. The munificent way in which he was treated!by the King, and the large patronage he received!from all the nobility… … ANTON VANDYCK 193 Italian travels, in the palaces of princes, he hadacquired a strong taste for high living. Indeed,in Rome his dress and equipage had been sosplendid that they had earned for liim the nicknameof II Pittore Cavalieresco. And now that hewas the possessor of abundant wealth, he…
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