Anthony van Dyck was a prominent Flemish court painter of the Baroque era. Both Van Dyck’s color palette and adept use of composition were influenced by the Renaissance painter Titian. Born on March 22, 1599 in Antwerp, Belgium, at the age of 10 he was apprenticed under Hendrick van Balen, and by 1618 had been accepted as a master painter in the Guild of St. Luke. This honor led to Van Dyck becoming an assistant of the famed painter Peter Paul Rubens. Rubens was quick to employ the young artist’s precocious ability in his large commissioned works. After leaving the studio of Rubens, Van Dyck traveled to England where he worked as the court painter of King James I over the next year. In 1621, the artist left his...