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Why did Anthony van Dyck paint Christ with St. Dominic and St. Catherine of Siena in 1629?
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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 painted Christ with St. Dominic and St. Catherine of Siena in 1629 as a memorial to his father.1
This work is considered one of his most accomplished religious paintings and serves as a significant example of the spiritual intensity encouraged by the Counter-Reformation. During this period of his career in Antwerp, van Dyck increasingly focused on themes of tender emotion and religious transport, moving away from depictions of violent action.1