Among the last works painted by Sir Anthony #VanDyck, these two paintings show King Charles I’s eldest children on the eve of the English Civil War. Epitomising the extraordinary skill which Van Dyck brought to child portraiture, the paintings which will be highlights of our Old Master Evening Sale next week, offer a penetrating and sympathetic likeness of the royal children a time when their world, and the Stuart monarchy, was on the brink of collapse. #SothebysMasters https://bit.ly/2SiBHg7 |

“There’s great attitude and affectation in how he’s staging each of these portraits. And it’s like theater …” —Paul Tazewell, Costume Designer for Hamilton: An American Musical, on Anthony van Dyck's portraits on view in gallery 628. http://met.org/1PG2qv1 #MetArtistProject | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York