Christ Crowned with Thorns (van Dyck) then bought by Philip IV of Spain, who held it in the Escorial before it entered the Prado Museum in 1839. Christ Crowned with Thorns (van Dyck) Christ Crowned with Thorns is a 1619-20 painting by Anthony van Dyck. He produced it aged 20 during his first Antwerp period, when he was the main studio assistant and pupil of Peter Paul Rubens. It shows Rubens' influence in its relatively sombre palette, chiaroscuro and highly realistic portrayal of musculature. He seems to have completed it early during his stay in Italy, since it also shows the influence of Titian and other
Christopher H. van Dyck Disease. Using SPECT imaging of the Dopamine transporter, van Dyck’s work has shown that there is loss of dopamine from the aging striatum, and that this is related to a slowing of reaction time, a measure of mental chronometry. van Dyck uses PET imaging to track Alzheimer’s-related pathology, to learn how pathology relates to ApoEApoE genotype, and whether it is diminished by potential treatments. Dr. van Dyck has collaborated with Dr. Richard Carson at the Yale PET Center to test the new PET ligand 11C-UCB-J, which binds to SV2A to provide an assay of presynaptic axon terminals in the human