In 1632, Van Dyck (1599-1641) was lured to London (and soon knighted) to become a painter at the Court of Charles I. The exhibition focuses on his portraits of the British elite and royalty: Their technique reflects both his training in Antwerp as a collaborator of Rubenss and his knowledge of Venetian painting, following his visits to Italy in the 1620s. The 60 works are juxtaposed with 70 works by his contemporaries or by later portraitists such as Reynolds, Gainsborough and Sargent.