What We Are Reading Today: ‘Van Dyck, the European: The Journey from Antwerp to Genova and London’
The lush, glossy, 350-page coffee-table book “Van Dyck, the European: The Journey from Antwerp to Genova and London,” which will be published July 14 by Hannibal Books, traces the great Flemish painter’s rise using beautiful imagery and informative text, all intricately curated.
Anthony Van Dyck died in 1641 at the age of 42, but the artist’s work doesn’t seem dated at all. The book sheds new light on his practice and process, and I also learned so much about his childhood and his upbringing, discovering unique insights into one of the best-known painters of the Baroque era.
The publication coincides with the exhibition “Van Dyck; the European at the Palazzo Ducale” at Genoa’s Palazzo Ducale, which runs until July 19.
The three cities in the book’s title were all pivotal to the late, great Van Dyck: Antwerp, where he was born; Genoa, where he spent a significant amount of time and where the exhibition is hosted; and London, where he died.
