Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel (1585-1646) and his Wife Lady Alethea Talbot, Countess of Arundel (c.1590-1654) with possibly Francis Junius (1589-1677) or William Petty
after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1640 - 1649
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1780 x 237 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129894
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel (1585-1646) and his wife Lady Alethea Talbot, Countess of Arundel (c.1590-1654) with Francis Junius (1589-1677) or William Petty after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641). Three-quarter-length portraits of the Earl and Countess, the Countess seated left, the Earl in the centre wearing garter robes, pointing to Madagascar on a large terrestrial globe; in the background the librarian, Junius, his hand resting on a marble head/scull (?), beside the globe is a piece of paper on which is engraved a dog, a horse and a lion, the heraldic animals of the sitters, lying together in amity. The original (without the standing figures) is at Arundel Castle.
Provenance
On loan from the Trustees of the Sackville Estate
Credit line
Knole, The Sackville Collection
Makers and roles
after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), artist