Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641): Setting the Canon with Dr Eugene Barilo Von Reisberg

No consideration of portraiture in Britain during the later Stuart, Georgian, and Victorian eras is complete without a reference to Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641). Working at the Court of Charles I, the artist had created some of the most iconic portraits of the society on the precipice of disaster, by which we still continue defining the splendour and pageantry of the Stuart Court. The lecture examines the celebrated masterpieces which the Flemish-born artist had produced on both sides of the Channel, and which had set an iconographic canon for generations of artists to come, from the late Stuart period to the present day.  

Dr Eugene Barilo Von Reisberg is a Melbourne-based scholar and art adviser, who shares his passion for art, history, and culture from the eighteenth century to the present day through regular lectures and publications. He has completed a doctoral dissertation on Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873), the 19th-century elite portrait specialist, and is currently working towards a catalogue raisonné of the artist’s works. 

Your ticket includes tea or Market Lane coffee served before the presentation, and time to browse our exclusive range of books, gifts, and homewares at TJC Emporium.

This event is presented on-site at The Johnston Collection. Please see your ticket for details. NOTE: Tickets for this event do not include access to our house museum, Fairhall. Guided tours of the current exhibition can be booked separately.

This event is supported by The Colin Holden Charitable Trust.

Image: Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641). Self Portrait of the Artist (detail), c.1622-23. St Petersburg: The State Hermitage.