Anthony Van Dyck: Thomas Howard, The Earl of Arundel

Christopher White

Getty Museum Studies on Art, 1995 - Art - 88 pages

During his first visit to London, Anthony van Dyck produced his portrait of Thomas Howard. It marked the beginning of van Dyck's brilliant international career. Thomas Howard, a prominent member of the court of James I, was to become one of the greatest and most enlightened collectors and patrons England has ever known. In this probing study, White provides a history both of Howard, and of van Dyck, whose canvases established the grand tradition of portraiture both in England and on the Continent. This volume in the Getty Museum Studies in Art series offers not only a complete study of a great painting but also a primer on how great collections are formed and great careers are launched.

Contents

• The Portrait: 1
• The Artist in Antwerp: 29
• The Artist in London: 57

About the author

White is the former director of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Anthony Van Dyck: Thomas Howard, The Earl of Arundel; Getty Museum Studies on Art Series
• Author: Christopher White
• Editor: Sir Anthony Van Dyck
• Illustrated by: Sir Anthony Van Dyck
• Contributor: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Getty Museum Studies on Art, 1995
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Dec 1, 2009
• ISBN: 0892363428, 9780892363421
• Length: 88 pages
• Subjects: Art / European; Art / History / General; Art / Individual Artists / General