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Title: Van Dyck
A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The
Painter With Introduction And Interpretation

Author: Estelle M. Hurll

Release Date: October 18, 2006 [EBook #19570]

Language: English

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[Illustration: PORTRAIT OF VAN DYCK
_Prado Gallery, Madrid_]

Masterpieces of Art

VAN DYCK

A COLLECTION OF FIFTEEN PICTURES

AND A PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER

WITH INTRODUCTION AND

INTERPRETATION

BY

ESTELLE M. HURLL

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

The Riverside Press Cambridge

1902

COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.

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PREFACE

The fame of Van Dyck's portraits has so far over-shadowed that of his
other works that his sacred pictures are for the most part unfamiliar
to the general public. The illustrations for this little book are
equally divided between portraits and subject-pieces, and it is hoped
that the selection may give the reader some adequate notion of the
scope of the painter's art.

ESTELLE M. HURLL.

NEW BEDFORD, MASS.,

March, 1902.

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CONTENTS AND LIST OF PICTURES

Portrait of Van Dyck (DETAIL) (_Frontispiece_)

Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co.

INTRODUCTION

I. ON VAN DYCK'S CHARACTER AS AN ARTIST

II. ON BOOKS OF REFERENCE

III. HISTORICAL DIRECTORY OF THE PICTURES OF THIS COLLECTION

IV. OUTLINE TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN VAN DYCK'S LIFE

V. LIST OF CONTEMPORAR