Where can you see Anthony van Dyck in Madrid?

At the Museo del Prado: Sir Endymion Porter and Van Dyck. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

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

Sir Endymion Porter and Van Dyck, of about 1635, at the Museo del Prado. The painter in black beside his friend in white satin, an English courtier who helped him at the court of Charles I.

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?

His only self-portrait with another person. Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish painter, of the Baroque.

Painter, 1599 to 1641

Anthony van Dyck

Van Dyck's Madrid picture is a portrait of friendship: the painter and the English courtier Endymion Porter side by side in an oval.

Born: 1599, Antwerp
Died: 1641, London
Movement: Baroque
In Madrid: 1 work in 1 museum

Where to see Anthony van Dyck in Madrid

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

Museo del Prado1 work

Sir Endymion Porter and Van Dyck
about 1635
The painter in black beside his friend in white satin, an English courtier who helped him at the court of Charles I.

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

His only self-portrait with another person

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

Anthony van Dyck: common questions

Where can you see Anthony van Dyck in Madrid?: At the Museo del Prado: Sir Endymion Porter and Van Dyck. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Anthony van Dyck's most famous work in Madrid?: Sir Endymion Porter and Van Dyck, of about 1635, at the Museo del Prado. The painter in black beside his friend in white satin, an English courtier who helped him at the court of Charles I.
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?: His only self-portrait with another person. Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish painter, of the Baroque.