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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel

(1585-1646), Patron of art and collector

Thomas 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.

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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel

by James Basire, after Sir Peter Paul Rubens
line engraving, published 1763 (1629)
NPG D7383

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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel

by James Basire, after Sir Peter Paul Rubens
line engraving, published 1763 (1629)
NPG D19370

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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel

by Peltro William Tomkins, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
stipple engraving, published 1818
NPG D7372

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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel

by William Sharp, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, published 1823
NPG D7369

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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel

by William Sharp, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, published 1823
NPG D7371

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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel

by William Sharp, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, published 1823
NPG D7374

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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel

by William Sharp, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, published 1823
NPG D7375

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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel

by William Sharp, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, published 1823
NPG D7376

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