Dyck, Sir Anthony van Photographs by Carol Gerten-Jackson. Self Portrait (20 Kb); Oil on canvas; Pinakothek, Munich Dyck, Sir Anthony van (1599-1641). Apart from Rubens, the greatest Flemish painter of the 17th century. In 1609 he began his apprenticeship with Hendrick van Balen in his native Antwerp and he was exceptionally precocious. Although he did not become a master in the painters' guild ...