VAN DYCK 



VAN DYKE 



nal donation of $500,000 was later increased to 

 $1,000,000 by Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the uni- 

 Bty also received sums from various other 

 members of the Vanderbilt family. In 1913 

 Andrew Carnegie contributed $1,000,000 to the 

 medical school of the university for endowment 

 and equipment. 



The institution is at present organized into 

 the college of arts and sciences and the schools 

 of law, religion, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy 

 and engineering. The main campus, a beauti- 

 ful expanse of forest trees and blue grass, cov- 



MAIN BUILDING, VANDERBILT 

 UNIVERSITY 



ere sixty-four acres, and is one of the most 

 attractive in the South. The university has 

 been a strong factor in creating and maintain- 

 ing high standards of education in the Southern 

 states. It has a faculty of about 150, a student 

 enrolment of over 900 and a library of 60,000 

 volumes. See VANDERBILT (family). 



VAN DYCK, dike, ANTHONIS, or VANDYKE, 

 SIB ANTHONY (1599-1641), a celebrated painter 



lie Flemish school, one of the great masters 

 He delighted especially in de- 



ng cavaliers with their plumed hats and 

 picturesque court costumes, and aristocratic 



's in rich silks and velvets. Often sitters 

 while posing in his studio were entertained by 

 concerts, for Van Dyck was a great lover of 



ic. He was also fond of horses and dogs, 

 and introduced them into his paintings when- 



r possible. Although he executed a number 



ligious pictures for churches, one of 



<ubjecta being the Entombment, he will 

 always be remembered as one of the world's 

 most refined portrait painters. 



Van Dyck was born at Antwerp. His mother 

 was a skilled worker in tapestry, and from her 

 he doubtless learned the art of harmonious 

 coloring and shading. At the age of seventeen 

 her talented son became a pupil of Rubens, 

 and it was not 

 long before the 

 young student 

 was assisting on 

 the works of the 

 great master 

 Following the ex- 

 ample of Rubens, 

 he went to Italy 

 to further his 

 studies, spending 

 five years at Gen- 

 oa, Venice and 

 Rome. In 1627 

 he returned to 

 Antwerp, where 

 he established 

 his reputation as 

 the fashionable VAN DYCK 



portrait painter of his day. In 1632 Charles I 

 summoned him to England to become his court 

 painter, and soon after his arrival the king 

 knighted him. While in England he painted 

 over 300 portraits, and his sitters included al- 

 most every distinguished personage connected 

 with the Court. He also produced several 

 mythological and historical paintings. The year 

 before his death he went to Paris with the view 

 of obtaining a commission to decorate the 

 Louvre, but in this he was disappointed. He 

 lies buried in Saint Paul's Cathedral, London. 



Van Dyck's portraits are noted for thru 

 delicacy and refinement. He frequently used 

 soft, subdued colors, and the lines of his, fig- 

 ures are notably graceful and artistic. Tl 

 are several good examples of his work in 

 American collections, and hundreds of Van 

 Dyck portraits are to be found in the principal 

 galleries of Europe. Those in the Metropoli- 

 tan Museum include portraits of the Earl of 

 Warwick and the Duke of Lennox, and his 

 bratcd Portrait of a Lady and Child. RJ>.M. 



VAN DYKE, HENRY (1852- ), an Ameri- 

 can essayist, poet, fiction writer, clergyman and 

 educator, bora at German town, Pa. After thor- 

 ough courses at Princeton University and tin- 

 University of Berlin, he became pastor of the 

 United Congregational Church, Newport, R. I., 

 and the Brick Presbyterian Church, New York 

 City. Dr. Van Dyke remained in the minis- 

 try until 1900, when he became professor of 



