triptych

Triptych, oil on canvas, 2007, three paintings of 30 × 30 cm (1′ × 1′)

The three canvases depict the sitter from different perspectives, and within each canvas two images are overlaid. This idea was taken in part from a triple portrait of Charles the First produced by van Dyke as a study from which Bernini could produce a bust (Triple portrait of Charles the First by van Dyke). In this work van Dyke also chose to combine multiple images taken from different viewpoints to give the best representation of the appearance of the sitter.