van dyck portrayedhe englishco, but thurt's ideals gave way to harsh realities. by the end of the 1630s, scotland was in revolt and the rule of charles i was threatened. ofan dycs last works ests theosen by charles the earl of strafford. ortly after van dyck coleted this work the spring of 1640, the litical situation in england reached a cris. in 1641, the roy famywaforced e the earl of strafford was executed and civil war broke out. van dyck, himself in ill health, died later that same year at the age of only 42. the artist's legacy, his elegant portraits the ialtic english urt and cotis-- van dyck's mos works-- would influence painters for generaons. here we have discovere only a few of the paintings from van dyck's remarkable career: ambitious compositions fmhis e; works produced during his six-year sojourn in italy, marked by the elegance and grace; magnificent religious paintings for the english king charles i tender mythol works; as well as images that served to define the english court for future generations. van dyck's portraits revealed the artist's uniq