DYCK, Sir Anthony Van Lord John and Lord Bernard Stuart c1638

DYCK, Sir Anthony Van Lord John and Lord Bernard Stuart c1638

Van Dyck developed a new portrait type: the double portrait recording friendship, often, but not necessarily, between relatives. The two brothers are shown as if poised on the point of departure, waiting perhaps for servants to bring up their carriage (Web Gallery of Art)

Tags: contempt, friends, hrodemann, double, portrait, siegberth, school, superiority, van dyck, story, stuart, 1600

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