Van Dyck in Genoa: when the Student Overcame the Master (Rubens) and Became a Genius of Painting

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In the first room of the exhibition Van Dyck, the European, in the Palazzo Ducale of Genoa, there is a self-portrait of the Flemish painter from when he was only 15 years old. Anna Orlando, curator of the exhibition, stops before the piece and points out his gaze: “At that age he looks like saying: ‘I’m here and I’m going to do something special’. It’s almost a manifesto of what would later be his legacy.” This challenge was launched to the cult…