scalia himself commissnedthis n as an alrpce for a urchn antwerp. it is van dyck's last surviving religious painting. in a constricted fort, he presents the dead body of christ and captures the full pathos of mary's intense sorrow. ter spending abo a year in fl van dyck returned to england in 1635 the tist chose an unusual oval format to emphasize the bond betwn enon porter...and hif. sung theirmfoundation of er loanng fridship. van dyck only remainingmytholok from his english period, probably painted for the king and qen, ishiwonderful poetic image representing the myth of cupid and psyche. psyche, a autil mortal, was sent by venus to the underworld to meet with persephone and bring back a box containing the secrets of her beauty. when the curious psyche, she fellnto deathlike trance van dyck depicts the moment cupid diovers her and reacs down to wipe the sleep from her eyes. psilake to fall in ve with pid and be raiseto immortit the gods. e of tost poigna of l of van dyck's painting isiesh poraitofwoen brought toe to share a tragic ss. om kilgrew