His Grace the Duke of Dorset

Bronzino’s portraits are undoubtedly among his most important works. His most significant examples date from the 1540s onwards, but it was in the 1530s that he began to formulate t...

Inscriptions and textual elements: Engraved by H. Robinson. Inscriptions and textual elements: EDWARD SACKVILLE, FOURTH EARL OF DORSET. / OB. 1652. Inscriptions and textual element...

The portrait shows Caroline von Brandenburg-Ansbach, the later queen of Great Britain and Ireland. She married Georg, son of the Elector of Hanover in 1705. In 1727 the couple asce...

Two boys sit before a grassy bank on which rests a red velvet cap decorated with a silver bow and large orange and white feathers. The elder boy is dressed in a blue doublet with s...

This portrait of an unidentified female sitter can be dated to between 1609 and 1610 when Rubens was established in Antwerp following his return from Italy in 1608. The year 1609 s...

Inscriptions and textual elements: Drawn by J. Thurston. Inscriptions and textual elements: Engraved by R. Rhodes. Inscriptions and textual elements: CHARLES SACKVILLE, EARL OF DOR...