 |
| Lucas Vorsterman after Anthony van Dyck Portrait of Charles I before 1675 etching Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
 |
| Lucas Vorsterman after Anthony van Dyck Portrait of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Aletheia Talbot, Lady Arundel before 1675 engraving Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
An Art Tour of Italy by a noble English couple in 1613-14 –
"The Arundels set out as part of the official entourage escorting the elector and Princess Elizabeth on their journey through the Netherlands to Heidelberg, where they arrived on 7 June [1613]. After a week's stay Arundel and his wife departed with the duke of Lennox for Strasbourg, then headed south through Basel to Milan. Their party included Prince Henry's former surveyor Inigo Jones, who had not yet distinguished himself as an architect but who did speak Italian and was already acquainted with northern Italy. Experiences shared on this trip, which were fundamental in educating both Jones and Arundel in Italian visual culture, cemented a lifelong relationship between them. After a quick visit to Parma, abruptly terminated when the Spanish governor failed to pay him the respect he believed due to his rank, Arundel took up residence near the hot springs of Albano, a few miles outside Padua.
Arundel interrupted his cure to fulfill the diplomatic assignment of conveying James I's respect and support to the government of Venice, which had recently emerged from a serious dispute with the papacy. This mission assured him a lavish reception, by a welcoming party that included Gregorio Barbarigo, a cultivated and well-read follower of Paolo Sarpi, whose family had bought up the contents of Titian's studio after the artist's death. Barbarigo arranged a feste di gentildonne to conclude the earl's visit and must have educated him in the city's rich artistic culture. Arundel's connections with Venetian nobles probably also facilitated Jones's introduction to the architect Scamozzi and his inspection of Palladian villas in the Veneto. The earl himself quickly began acquiring paintings and patronizing Venetian artists. In September her wrote to Cotton, 'if you could pick out some story of my ancestors, which would do well in painting, I pray send me it in writing'.
That same month Arundel may have made a brief trip to Mantua to pay James's respects to its newly installed duke, before departing for Florence by way of Bologna. He then proceeded to Siena, where he took up residence in a monastery with his wife to perfect their Italian. In the winter he left Aletheia behind to visit Rome, where he stayed several months, probably with the leading art patron Vincenzo Giustiniani, who gained him permission to conduct an archaeological dig in the Forum and contrived to have ancient statues placed where he would uncover them. With these 'discoveries' Arundel began the collection of classical statues and inscriptions which he installed in the galleries and gardens of Arundel House. In March the earl and his wife visited Naples, before returning north at a leisurely pace through Florence, where Duke Cosimo gave them a lavish reception, and Genoa."
– R. Malcolm Smuts, from his extensive and learned entry in the Dictionary of National Biography for Thomas Howard, fourteenth earl of Arundel, fourth earl of Surrey, and first earl of Norfolk (1585-1646), art collector and politician
 |
| Lucas Vorsterman after Anthony van Dyck Portrait of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel ca. 1625-45 engraving British Museum |
 |
| Lucas Vorsterman after Anthony van Dyck Portrait of Lucas Vorsterman ca. 1625-45 engraving Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
 |
| Lucas Vorsterman after David Teniers Portrait of a man ca. 1658-73 engraving Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
 |
| David Teniers after Giambattista Moroni Portrait of sculptor Alessandro Vittoria ca. 1658-73 engraving Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
 |
| Willem Hondius after Anthony van Dyck Portrait of Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia 1633 engraving Teylers Museum, Harlem |
 |
| Robert van Voerst after Anthony van Dyck Portrait of Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke ca. 1619-36 engraving Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
 |
| Willem Jacobz Delff Portrait of Johannes Wtenbogaert, Remonstrant Minister, age 75 1632 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
 |
| Claude Mellan Portrait of Pierre Seguier 1639 engraving Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
 |
| Claude Mellan Portrait of Henri Louis Habert 1640 engraving Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
 |
| Claude Mellan Portrait of Pierre Gassendi ca. 1630-40 engraving Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
 |
| Claude Duflos after Pierre Ernou Portrait of Nicolas le Conte 1710 engraving Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
 |
| Jacobus Houbraken Portraits of artists Jan de Bisschop and Johannes Voorhout ca. 1718-21 engraving Teylers Museum, Haarlem |