intimacy and tdeess so infusean dyck's mastpiece, "rindo and armida." inspired by a 16th-century epic poem, the artistgain chose to represent a romantic ratrthan . a water nymph has lulled one of the warriors to sleep armidaa soes from t underworld, sweeps in to kill the helplesser but instead she falls deeply in love. commissi in 29 by work commoratede riage. porter for charles i, van dyck w invited to england t. inngland, van dyck created works that conveyed the king's role as divine monarch and that, with his french queen henrietta maria, omoted an image of peace and harmony. in this double portrait of the king and queen, henrietta maria offers charles the laurel wreath of victory. she lds an olive sprrepres . these symbols alluded to the stability of their reign. an unusual portrait representing the monarch from three different positions was intended to be sent to the italian sculptor gian lorenzo bernini as a model for a bust of the king. not onlythe sensitive chacterization of the king , t so in trtment ofhe erateostumes. the thrert comsition seem