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Title: Great pictures, as seen and described by famous writers
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, ed. and tr
Subjects: Painting
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead and Company
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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guest. Another such installa-tion could not be repeated. The sovereign himself tookpains to find a suitable establishment for his painter. Mr.Carpenter cites a very curious note on this subject.Charles I. wrote with his own hand, — To speak withInigo Jones concerning a house for Vandike. Thishouse demanded the combination of certain conditionsvery difficult to meet with. It was necessary that theartist should be comfortably established ; and, on the otherhand, the King wished him not to be too far from thepalace. The architect was able to satisfy all these re-quirements. A winter residence was found for Van Dyckin Blackfriars on the right bank of the Thames. Fromhis palace in Whitehall, Charles I., crossing the riverin his barge, could conveniently reach the studio of hisfavourite painter. He took great pleasure in watchinghim at work and loved to forget himself during the longhours charmed by the wit and innate distinction of hisentertainer. During the summer season, Van Dyck lived
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Portrait of the Children of Charles I. Van Dyck. THE CHILDREN OF CHARLES I. 301 at Eltham in the county of Kent. He probably occupiedan apartment or some dependency of one of the palaces ofthe Crown. An annual pension of two hundred poundssterling was assigned to him, first of all to enable him tosupport a household worthy of the title bestowed uponhim, — Principal Painter in Ordinary. The portraitscommanded by the King were paid for independently.The remuneration for his works finally provided the artistwith that brilliant and gorgeous life which had been hisambition for so long and which an assiduous industry hadnot been able to procure for him in Flanders. He hadno less than six servants and several horses; at all periods,as we know, he always bestowed much care and refinementupon his toilet. Frequenting an elegant and frivolous courtcould not but develop this natural disposition for all thequests of luxury. Three months after his arrival, Van Dyck was includedin a creation of kn

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