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born in 15, van dyck's remarkable career took him from s native flanders to italy, and then to englandrt painter to charles i, before the artist's death there in 1641. reesenll range o van dyck's artistic creation, which allowed us to realize thimposing s of many of his compositions,

van dyck w invited to england t. in england, 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 oli sig repres peace. 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. van dyck's skill is evident not only in the sensitive characterization of the kin, van dyck's skill is evident t also in hitrtment ofhe erateostumes. seems to be infused with religious symbolism. it suggests the holy trinity's three persons in one god and conveys charles' claim to rule by divine right. in london, van dyck established a large workshop with many siants to produce the enormous mbfs demanded by thcrow he also worked for other mbers of t