Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and His Wife

Lucas Emil Vorsterman after Sir Anthony van Dyck

Associated Names
Lucas Emil Vorsterman

Artist, Flemish, 1595 - 1675

Sir Anthony van Dyck

Artist After, Flemish, 1599 - 1641

The image shows a man and a woman seated from the waist up. The man, positioned behind a globe, is holding a staff with his right hand. He has facial hair, short wavy hair, and wears a mantle with fur trim, a chain with a pendant, a collar, and patterned drapery over his shoulder. The woman, turned slightly towards the man, has curly shoulder-length hair with a crown, and wears a gown with a fur collar adorned with floral decorations, as well as a pearl necklace. She is holding a compass with her left hand and another instrument with her right hand, resting on a sphere next to the globe. The background features heavy drapery and a stone column, with a sculpture of a figure with a laurel wreath visible on the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 31 × 43.3 cm (12 3/16 × 17 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.63

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 370, State ii/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Anthony Van Dyck, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 370, state ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65080777

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