Wenceslaus Hollar (Artist) Anthony van Dyck (After)
Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel

Artwork Detail
Thomas Howard, fourteenth Earl of Arundel, was one of the greatest art collectors of his day and his vast collection rivalled that of the king himself. The earl had travelled in Italy in his youth and developed an enduring interest in art and antiquities – an early example of what later became known as the ‘Grand Tour’. His agents in Italy and the Middle East went to great lengths to obtain new objects for him, though delivery was fraught with risk and one shipload of ancient sculptures was lost at sea. Perhaps the earl’s greatest acquisition was the artist himself, for without Arundel’s patronage it is questionable whether Hollar would now hold such a distinguished place in the history of art.
- Title
- Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1639
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- 227 x 190 mm
- Credit line
- Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
- Accession no
- M1982/1/3/200
- Other ID
- 1351 Pennington Catalogue Raisonné
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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