In the last decade of his life‎,‎ Anthony van Dyck ‎(‎1599‎-1641‎)‎ undertook a printmaking project that changed the conventions of portraiture‎.‎ In a series later named the Iconography‎,‎ he portrayed artists alongside kings‎,‎ courtiers‎,‎ and diplomats‎-a radical departure from preexisting conventions‎.‎ He also depicted his subjects in novel ways‎,‎ focusing on their facial features often to the exclusion of symbolic costumes or props‎.‎ In addition to illustrating approximately 60 works by Van Dyck and other artists from his era‎-particularly Rembrandt‎-this catalogue traces the artist‎'‎s influence over hundreds of years‎.‎ Showcasing both 17th century portraits in a variety of media and portrait prints by a wide range of artists spanning the 16th through the 20th centuries‎-including Albrecht Durer‎,‎ Hendrick Goltzius‎,‎ Francisco de Goya‎,‎ Edgar Degas‎,‎ and Jim Dine‎-the book demonstrates the indelible mark that Van Dyck left on the genre‎.‎