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Anthony van Dyck
Self-Portrait, oil on canvas by Anthony Van Dyck, c. 1620–21; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. 119.7 × 87.9 cm.
Anthony van Dyck became the "principalle Paynter in ordinary of their Majesties" to King Charles I in 1632, following his return to England in February of that year.1