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Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2003;5:548.

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VAN DYCK was already a mature artist with an established reputation as Europe's finest portraitist when he was called to London in 1632 to work at the court of Charles I and his French queen, Henrietta Maria. His activities at the courts at The Hague and Brussels attracted the attention of the English king who recognized that the Fleming's fluid aristocratic style was uniquely suited to his own political goals of glorifying the monarchy and preserving his divine right of absolute rule.

In the 17th century, royal portraits played an important political role in the transmission of propaganda; they were sent to other European courts to emphasize political bonds between nations and given as gifts to loyal courtiers as rewards for their service. Van Dyck's remarkable double portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria with her favorite dwarf Jeffrey Hudson was executed a year after the painter's arrival in London and was . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Lisa Duffy-Zeballos
Institute of Fine Arts
New York University
New York, NY