dominusvenustas: Anthony van Dyck, Self-Portrait, c.1630 / Portrait of Charles I, c.1633 The le
dominusvenustas:Anthony van Dyck, Self-Portrait, c.1630 / Portrait of Charles I, c.1633The leading court painter in England in his day, Van Dyck was quite the courtier. He painted about forty portraits of King Charles I and thirty of his Queen. He was provided with a house on the River Thames by Blackfriars for city living and a suite of rooms at Eltham Palace as a country retreat. He lived more like a prince than a painter. …one could say he was a painter of princes or… a princely painter.Either way, he had a fancy moustache. And looked quite the ticket! (Note to Readers: Marvellous Moustaches today for the beginning of MO-vember) -- source link