Engraving
Richard Cooper II (Edinburgh 1740 - c. after 1814)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, Wood
Measurements
490 x 1500 mm
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 434213
Summary
La Procession des Chavaliers du tres Noble Ordre de la Jarretiere - The Procession of the Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (after Sir Anthony Van Dyck) by Richard Cooper (c.1740-1814).. An engraving in brown on two sheets, published in 1782. The twenty-six knight of the Garter walking in procession from left to right, including King Charles I on the left, carrying and orb and sceptre, under a canopy carried by four men including Van Dyck, behind and to the left of the king: two nobles bowing to the Queen Henrietta Maria who watches with her ladies from the balcony above, supported by pillars and arches with niches containing statues of King Henry VIII and the founder of the Order, King Edward III; others walking before the procession into a hall flanked by columns and the royal band of gentlemen pensioners carrying battle-axes on the left, amongst whom Inigo Jones is shown looking up at the building. The work by Van Dyck was meant to be a sketch for a tapestry for the Banqueting |House, Whitehall.
Makers and roles
Richard Cooper II (Edinburgh 1740 - c. after 1814), engraver (printmaker) Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), original artist