Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
(1585-1646), Patron of art and collectorThomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, 4th Earl of Surrey and 1st Earl of Norfolk
Sitter associated with 68 portraits
Arundel was the most influential connoisseur of his age, and was described as 'one that loved and favoured all arts and artists in great measure and was the bringer of them in to England'. He fostered the careers of Inigo Jones, Daniel Mytens, Wenceslaus Hollar, van Dyck, and Rubens, who called him 'one of the evangelists of art'. Arundel became the major influence on the connoisseurship of the royal family, and on the formation of artistic taste amongst the aristocracy and gentry. He withdrew to a self-imposed exile during the Civil War, but made his Royalist sympathies clear by donating £54,000 to the King's cause.
Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1639
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
by Wenceslaus Hollar, published by Johannes Meyssens, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1646
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel ('Allegory on the Death of ...')
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Cornelis Schut
etching, circa 1646
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1646
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1646
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1646
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1646
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel ('Allegory on the Death of ...')
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Cornelis Schut
etching, circa 1646
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel; Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel
by Lucas Vorsterman, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1650-1675
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after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1684
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
after Unknown artist
line engraving, 18th century
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1713
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, published 1713 (1630s)
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
by Jacobus Houbraken, after Sir Peter Paul Rubens
line engraving, mid 18th century
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
after Sir Peter Paul Rubens
line engraving, mid 18th century
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel ('The Creation Robe of an Earle')
by Wenceslaus Hollar, probably published by John Bowles
etching, probably 1640s; probably published 1730s
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by George Vertue, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, 1743
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
by Thomas Chambers (Chambars)
line engraving, 1757
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel; Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk
by John Record, published by John Thane, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, published 1784
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel; Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk
by John Record, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, published 1784
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Related People
- Aletheia (née Talbot), Countess of Arundel and Surrey (wife)
- Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (father)
- Anne Howard (née Dacre), Countess of Arundel (mother)
- Henry Frederick Howard, 15th Earl of Arundel, 5th Earl of Surrey and 2nd Earl of Norfolk (son)
- Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk (grandson)
- William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford (son)
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