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506 Painting studied under Van Balen, and was, then, first pupil and subsequently assistant of Rubens. In 1621 he paid a short visit to England, and two years later set out for Italy, and chiefly resided at Genoa. He returned to Antwerp in 1626, and in 1630 went by way of the Hague Fig. 163.— The Children of Charles I. By Van Dyck. In the Dresden Gallery. to London ; he did not stay here long, as he did not receive the patronage he had been led to expect. However, shortly after his return to Flanders, Charles I. sent for him (in 1632), and gave him apartments at Blackfriars, granted him a pension, appointed him court painter, and
