Comments on: Van Dyck self-portrait breaks records

By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:54:20 +0000

I know, right? And the ass-kicker is that Jan Brueghel was 2 years younger than van Dyck. He was sending out invoices before he grew pubes!

By: Philip Coggan

Philip Coggan — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:15:44 +0000

“He started his own studio with fellow child prodigy Jan Brueghel the Younger when he was 15.” Oh my gawd! His voice hasn’t broken and he’s sending out invoices!

By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:56:20 +0000

Oh man, ain’t that the truth. I’m 5 years younger than van Dyck was when he died.

By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:54:54 +0000

I think it probably will. Prices for old masters seem to go in one direction only.

By: Gayle M

Gayle M — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:25:38 +0000

Dead at 42. I am always astonished (and somewhat humbled) by how quickly people in earlier eras had to get on with their lives. Keats, of course, is the most extreme example–but this is pretty amazing, too. Most of us are so lame by comparison.