Following Van Dyck's models, 18th century

Spanish school of the XVIII century. Following models of ANTON VAN DYCK (Antwerp, Belgium, 1599 - London, 1641).
"The Passion of Christ".
Oil on canvas. Relined.
It presents Repainting.
Measurements: 34 x 26 cm.

Compositionally the work follows the same stylistic guidelines established by the painter Van Dyck (Antwerp, Belgium, 1599 - London, 1641) in an etching of 1590. In both compositions we can appreciate the presence of the three characters, who in both cases adopt the same attitudes. Anton van Dyck was a key painter of the Flemish Baroque and one of the most important portraitists of the 17th century. Van Dyck began his training at the age of ten in the workshop of Hendrick van Balen, who had spent several years in Italy and developed a markedly Italianate style. This period of Van Dyck's training coincided with Rubens' return from Italy, after which he produced a series of altar paintings for the churches of Antwerp, bringing with him a whole new visual language of ambition, drama and color, which fitted in well with the counter-reformationist religiosity of the Spanish Netherlands.