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Allegory on the Death of the Earl of Arundel

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Cornelis Schut Flemish
ca. 1646
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Allegory on the Death of the Earl of Arundel
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Cornelis Schut (Flemish, Antwerp 1597–1655 Antwerp)
  • Subject: Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel (British, Finchingfield, Essex 1585–1646 Padua, Italy)
  • Date: ca. 1646
  • Medium: Etching; third state of three
  • Dimensions: Plate: 17 × 12 5/8 in. (43.2 × 32 cm)
    Sheet: 17 3/16 × 12 5/8 in. (43.7 × 32 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.95.2393
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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