START WITH ART: Portrait of Viglius van Aytta

This takes us less than five minutes each morning and tends to be re-visited later in the day at the dinner table or during our evening reading sessions. 

Here's how to #STARTWITHART:

Step one: Take a look at the artwork below

Step two: Read the questions below the picture of the art to the students/children in your life

Step three: See how starting your day with art can ignite creativity and critical thinking! 

It's that easy!

Title: Portrait of Viglius van Aytta

Artist: Jacques de Punder

Date: 1564

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 239.3 x 116.5 cm

Start with Art Questions:

• Viglius van Aytta was appointed president of Charles V’s Secret Council, a powerful position. What do you think this role might have entailed? 
  

• What details in the painting help you know that Viglius van Aytta is very important? 

• Why might symbols have been added to the background and bottom of the painting? What do you see in the symbols? 

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