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The Van Dyck Beard
Fashionable Flemish painter Anton Van Dyck has arrived from Antwerp at the request of the Ruler Title. He is well-known for his skills with the brush and is to take up the position of court painter, yet his distinctive facial hair has become a topic of conversation and admiration of many, even before officially commencing his duties.
EnglandCountrydynamic historical event.tagLow FranconianCultureimmediate, trigger
CityLocation Ranktrigger
MegalopolisLocation RanktriggerDefinitionin_game/events/DHE/flavor_ENG.txt:17901
17902type = country_event
17904fire_only_once = yes
17906title = flavor_eng.178.title The Van Dyck Beard
17907desc = flavor_eng.178.desc Fashionable Flemish painter Anton Van Dyck has arrived from Antwerp at the request of the Ruler Title. He is well-known for his skills with the brush and is to take up the position of court painter, yet his distinctive facial hair has become a topic of conversation and admiration of many, even before officially commencing his duties.
17908outcome = neutral
17910dynamic_historical_event = {
}
17916image = "gfx/interface/illustrations/institutions/renaissance.dds"
17917trigger = {
17919location:antwerp = {
17924num_pop_type:burghers > 0.1
}
17928has_regent = no
}
17932immediate = {
17934create_character = {
17935first_name = name_anthony
17936last_name = van_dyck
17938adm = 22
17939dip = 31
17940mil = 12
17941birth_date = 1599
17942artist_skill = 0.85
17943artist = painter
17945birth_location = location:antwerp
17946script = eng_anton_van_dyck
17947save_scope_as = anton_van_dyck
}
17952location:antwerp = {
17952save_scope_as = target_location
}
}
18024historical_info = flavor_eng.178.historical_info The Van Dyck beard stands out as a unique and fashionable facial hair style, marked by the combination of a neatly-trimmed, pointed goatee and a mustache, with a clear seperation between the two. It was introduced to England by Anthony Van Dyck, a baroque artist from Flanders, whose work as a court portraitist would become the dominant influence on English portrait-painting. The style of beard was adopted by King Charles II, who referred to it as a 'Charlie'.