The earl, depicted three-quarter-length, is seated on a high-backed chair before a curtain with a woven pattern on the left. Bare-headed, he is dressed in black with a wide, falling ruff. The long, tapering fingers of his left hand enclose the jewel of the lesser george, the badge of the garter, which is suspended from the ribbon of the order around his neck, while his right hand encloses a scroll of paper. The elongated, pale face set off by the ruff and the somber clothing contrast with the scarlet chair embossed with golden buttons and the dark, wine-red patterned curtain. The expression on the face. Is alert but reserved as he turns slightly to look out at the spectator. The movement of the hands is natural and relaxed. The portrait conveys the image of a distinguished and aloof aristocratin the landscape background on the right, the sun breaks through the clouds on rolling wooded countryside (christopher white). Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: between circa 1620 and circa 1621. Dimensions: height: 102.9 cm (40.5 in) ; width: 79.4 cm (31.2 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel. Collection: Getty Center. Anthony van Dyck - Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel - 86.PA.532 - J. Paul Getty Museum
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