Where can you see Anthony van Dyck in London?

At the National Gallery: Equestrian Portrait of Charles I and Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart. At the National Portrait Gallery: Self-portrait. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Anthony van Dyck's most famous work in London?

Equestrian Portrait of Charles I, of about 1637 to 1638, at the National Gallery. The king in armour on a huge dun horse under an oak, more than three and a half metres high. In life he was a small man. It was sold after his execution and came back to England in the eighteenth century.

When and where was Anthony van Dyck born?

On 22 March 1599, at Antwerp. Anthony van Dyck died on 9 December 1641, at London, aged about 42.

What is Anthony van Dyck known for?

Knighted by Charles I in 1632. Died in London and was buried in old St Paul's. Gave his name to a beard and a brown. Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish painter, of the Baroque.

Painter, 1599 to 1641

Anthony van Dyck

For two hundred years after Van Dyck, every British portrait painter tried to be him. He arrived in 1632, was knighted within months, and in nine years painted the king and queen some forty times.

Born: 1599, Antwerp
Died: 1641, London
Movement: Baroque
In London: 3 works in 2 museums

Where to see Anthony van Dyck in London

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

The National Gallery2 works

Equestrian Portrait of Charles I
about 1637 to 1638
The king in armour on a huge dun horse under an oak, more than three and a half metres high. In life he was a small man. It was sold after his execution and came back to England in the eighteenth century.
Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart
about 1638
Two young cousins of the king in silk and lace, one on a step, one with a hand on his hip. Both were killed fighting for him in the Civil War a few years later.

National Portrait Gallery1 work

Self-portrait
about 1640
The painter a year before his death, turning to look over his shoulder. The gallery bought it in 2014 after a public appeal.

The life of Anthony van Dyck

Van Dyck was the most gifted of Rubens's assistants in Antwerp, spent six years in Italy, and was already famous when Charles I brought him to London with a house on the Thames, a pension and a gold chain.

He died at forty-two, a year before the Civil War began, and was buried in old St Paul's Cathedral. The tomb was lost in the Great Fire.

What to know

Knighted by Charles I in 1632
Died in London and was buried in old St Paul's
Gave his name to a beard and a brown

Born: 22 March 1599, Antwerp
Died: 9 December 1641, London

Anthony van Dyck: common questions

Where can you see Anthony van Dyck in London?: At the National Gallery: Equestrian Portrait of Charles I and Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart. At the National Portrait Gallery: Self-portrait. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Anthony van Dyck's most famous work in London?: Equestrian Portrait of Charles I, of about 1637 to 1638, at the National Gallery. The king in armour on a huge dun horse under an oak, more than three and a half metres high. In life he was a small man. It was sold after his execution and came back to England in the eighteenth century.
When and where was Anthony van Dyck born?: On 22 March 1599, at Antwerp. Anthony van Dyck died on 9 December 1641, at London, aged about 42.
What is Anthony van Dyck known for?: Knighted by Charles I in 1632. Died in London and was buried in old St Paul's. Gave his name to a beard and a brown. Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish painter, of the Baroque.