Self-Portrait in Van Dyck Costume, aged about twenty

Self-Portrait in Van Dyck Costume, aged about twenty

oseph Wright, self-portrait in Van Dyck dress; Wright painted this self-portrait, along with other portraits of his family in the interval between his two periods of training in the London studio of the portrait painter, Thomas Hudson. The source is believed to be a Van Dyck self-portrait. Certainly the Van Dyck costume allowed Wright to display his early mastery of drapery painting.