Van Dyke beard
A Van Dyke (also spelled Vandyke, Vandyck, Van Dyck or Van Dijk) is a style of facial hair named after 17th-century Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck.[1][2] A Van Dyke specifically consists of any growth of both a moustache and goatee with all hair on the cheeks shaven.[1] Even this particular style, though, has many variants, including a curled moustache versus a non-curled one and a soul patch versus none.
This style of beard was popular in Europe in the 17th century.[3] It died out in Britain with the Restoration, when French styles and wigs became popular. For some time after, however, some men, known as "vow-beards", continued to wear them, vowing to wear them until the King did so again.[4] It became popular in the United States in the 19th century. Chicago Chronicle columnist Edith Sessions Tupper condemned this style, along with the goatee, as indicative of a man "who was selfish, sinister, and pompous as a peacock."[2] The style is sometimes called a "Charlie" after King Charles I of England, who was painted by Van Dyck with this type of beard.[5]
Van Dykes in history
The style was worn by Van Dyke himself, and by many of the sitters for his portraits, including King Charles I of England.[1] The Russian Marxist revolutionary, Vladimir Lenin also wore a Van Dyke. The Van Dyke had a revival in the 19th century and was worn by several well-known figures including General Custer (among other styles) and the actor Monty Woolley. Colonel Sanders would also qualify as having a Van Dyke.
The word pickedevant is a little-known synonym for a Van Dyke beard.[6]
Examples
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Ambrogio Spinola, by Michiel van Mierevelt (1609)
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Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, unknown artist (1614)
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Gustavus Adolphus, attrib. Jacob Hoefnagel (1624)
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Jacobus Arminius , by Willem Isaacsz Swanenburg (1625)
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Charles I of England by Anthony van Dyck (1635-6)
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Cardinal de Richelieu, by Philippe de Champagne (c. 1642)
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António María Esquivel (1847)
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Self portrait by Jean Augustin Daiwaille Dutch portrait painter (1801-1850)
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Winfield Scott Hancock (1863)
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George Armstrong Custer (1865)
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Buffalo Bill (William Cody) (c. 1875)
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Edward S. Curtis (1899)
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Wilhelm Maybach (1900)
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Vladimir Lenin (1920)
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Colonel Sanders (c. 1974)
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Pierce Brosnan (2005)
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Christian Bale, actor (2009)
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Johnny Depp (2011)
References
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External links
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