Lords John and Bernard Stuart, after Anthony van Dyck
Primary
James McArdell
(Dublin, Ireland, 1728–London, England, 1765)
NationalityIrish, Europe
Date1750
MediumMezzotint
DimensionsSheet: 19 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (50.5 × 35.3 cm)
Image: 18 1/2 × 13 7/8 in. (47 × 35.3 cm)
Image: 18 1/2 × 13 7/8 in. (47 × 35.3 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1985.3
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1985.3
On View
Not on viewLong active in England, the great Flemish painter Van Dyck had established the country’s taste and high standard for portraits. In the 1730s the costumes of his period returned to fashion. Van Dyck’s portraits would remain the most frequent subject of mezzotint apart from contemporary English works. Clear in this superb impression, the technique was perfectly suited to reproducing their splendid materials and lustrous surfaces.
Exhibitions
William Faithorne, the younger
after 1660