44. Any artists out there may know this one. What is the meaning of "pickedevant"?
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A Van Dyke beard
Van Dyke beards are named after Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), a famous Baroque painter who rose to prominence in Italy, Flanders and the courts of England. His "Self-portrait with a Sunflower", painted circa 1633, shows a rather dashing looking man with a nicely trimmed, curled moustache and rakish goatee. So popular were his works, and the man himself, that many men, including King Charles I himself, took to copying the style of his facial adornment. Van Dyck was rather prone to flattering the subjects of his works, particularly the rich and famous. Charles I, for example, who was sensitive about his short frame, was painted so as to give the impression of a much taller man, and when Sophia, the later Electoress of Hanover, met his wife Henrietta Maria in France, she had this to say about the lady:
"Van Dyck's handsome portraits had given me so fine an idea of the beauty of all English ladies, that I was surprised to find that the Queen, who looked so fine in painting, was a small woman raised up on her chair, with long skinny arms, and teeth like defence works projecting from her mouth".
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