FILE: 10_Charles I Dismounted_Van Dyck.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - Charles I Dismounted - BAROQUE PERIOD IN FLANDERS

DESCRIPTION: by VAN DYCK - known for his royal portraiture. Apprentice to Rubens. Left Flanders (since Rubens had the market cornered) to become court painter for Charles I. Unusual portrait: Chas. not in center, not frontal = dramatic but not heraldic. Servants are actually center.