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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.
During his years in Italy, which began in 1621, the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck established Genoa as his primary headquarters.1
In addition to his time in Genoa, he traveled to several other Italian cities to study the works of great painters and fulfill commissions. These cities included:
- Rome1
- Venice1
- Padua1
- Mantua1
- Milan1
- Turin1
- Palermo, which he visited in 16241