Stock Photo - Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) Portrait of Jacques Le Roy. 1631. Oil on canvas. 117. 8 x 100. 6 cm. . . Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist best known for his portraits. He was successful as an independent painter in Antwerp in his late teens. His work was influenced by Rubens, with whom he learned and collaborated. After his successful travels to different cities in Italy, he became the leading court painter in England at the request of Charles I of England, who granted him a knighthood. . . This refined portrait depicts Jacques Le Roy, a leading figure in Flemish society who held public office in the service of the Spanish government of the Netherlands and president of the Brabant Chamber of Commerce. The Venetian School influence is distinct in this painting, with the the presence of a red curtain at the background and the sitterâ. . s face and hands becoming the center of attention.