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Vandyke

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Van·dyke  (vn-dk)
n.
1. A Vandyke beard.
2. A Vandyke collar.
3.
a. A V-shaped point that is part of a decorative border or edging.
b. A border made up of such points.
Vandyke or Van Dyck  (vn dk), Sir Anthony 1599-1641.
Flemish painter whose numerous portraits, including many of the English court, are remarkable for their dignity and gentle emotion.
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Noun1.Vandyke - Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641)Vandyke - Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641)
Anthony Vandyke, Sir Anthony Vandyke, Van Dyck
2.Vandyke - a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke)vandyke - a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke)
vandyke beard
beard, face fungus, whiskers - the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
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Vanbrugh and Congreve copied nature; but they who copy them draw as unlike the present age as Hogarth would do if he was to paint a rout or a drum in the dresses of Titian and of Vandyke.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
His face, composed of red and white, like that of the Madonna of Vandyke, was furrowed by two silver rivulets which had dug their beds in his cheeks, as full formerly as they had become flabby since his grief began.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
"Sir," said Monte Cristo to him, "I do not recommend my pictures to you, who possess such splendid paintings; but, nevertheless, here are two by Hobbema, a Paul Potter, a Mieris, two by Gerard Douw, a Raphael, a Vandyke, a Zurbaran, and two or three by Murillo, worth looking at.
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