Claim: During the second half of the century, history painters combined a local influence from Rubens with knowledge of classicism and Italian Baroque qualities; then later in the century, many painters turned to Anthony van Dyck (an Antwerp native artist) as a major influence.
Evidence: During the second half of the century, history painters combined a local influence from Rubens with knowledge of classicism and Italian Baroque qualities. Later in the century, many painters turned to Anthony van Dyck as a major influence. Antoon van Dyck
22 March 1599
Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands (modern-day Belgium)