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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 264986, member: 2844&quot;]The pronunciation differs from the American pronunciation, since Antonie van Dijck, or Antoon van Dyck, came from the Low Countries. Dick van Dyke was of course an American with Dutch ancestry.</p><p>The a in <i>van</i> is pronounced like the Spanish pronunciation of the a in S<i>a</i>n Ju<i>a</i>n. The ij/y in <i>Dijck/Dyck</i> is more difficult, if anyone knows the French pronunciation of the &#039;eil&#039; in &#039;vermeil&#039;, that is what it is close too.</p><p>Van Dyck came from Antwerp in Brabant (Brabant is divided by the Dutch-Balgian border, this part of Brabant is now Belgian) so the Brabant pronunciation of ij/y is perfectly acceptable in my opinion. It is close to the first e in n<i>e</i>v<i>e</i>r, with a slightly extended sound.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is stunning when you see a van Dyck in &#039;real life&#039;.</p><p>He is my favourite painter, apart from all the usual justified praise, no one paints the soul and subtle allusions to relationships like he does. Like this one, The Lomellini Family, extremely beautiful, but also a painting of a clearly dysfunctional family. Even the children are not looking at their mother, although she clearly wants a bond with them, her hand holding the hand of the boy.</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Anthony_van_Dyck_-_The_Lomellini_Family_-_WGA07417.jpg/567px-Anthony_van_Dyck_-_The_Lomellini_Family_-_WGA07417.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Paintings of that time were full of symbolism. The gold chain over his shoulder in the self portrait could symbolize the bond between himself and his patron at the time, the British king Charles I.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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