Van Dyck portraits

This item appears on page 82 of the December 2008 issue.

Sir Anthony van Dyck was the principal painter at the court of King Charles I. The exhibition “Van Dyck and Britain,” running in London at the Tate Britain (Millbank, London; phone +44 20 7887 8888, www.tate.org.uk), Feb. 18-May 17, 2009, brings together many of his finest paintings. Admissions 10-5. €12.50 (€11.50 for 60+).