Art and patronage in the Caroline courts : essays in honour of Sir Oliver Millar / edited by David Howarth.

Other author Millar, Oliver, 1923-2007.
Other author Howarth, David Armine, 1912-1991.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Descriptionxvii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects
Arts, British.
Arts and society--Great Britain. --History. --17th century.
Arts and society--Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
Great Britain--Kings and rulers. --Art patronage.
Great Britain--History. --Stuarts, 1603-1714.

Contents Van Dyck and George Gage / Susan Barnes -- Patrons and collectors of Dutch painting in Britain during the reign of William and Mary / Christopher Brown -- Foreigners at court : Holbein, Van Dyck and the Painter-Stainers Company / Susan Foister -- The etchings of John Evelyn / Antony Griffiths -- The politics of Inigo Jones / David Howarth -- The standard bearer : Van Dyck's portrayal of Sir Edmund Verney / Michael Jaffé -- Sir Peter Lely and Sir Ralph Bankes / Alastair Laing -- Isaac Besnier, sculptor to Charles I and his work for court patrons, c. 1624-1634 / Ronald Lightbown -- Laudian literature and the interpretation of Caroline churches in London / John Newman -- Clarendon and the art of prose portraiture in the age of Charles II / Richard Ollard.
Contents The great picture of Lady Anne Clifford / Graham Parry -- 'Golden houses for shadows' : some portraits of Thomas Killigrew and his family / Malcolm Rogers -- Sir Godfrey Kneller as painter of histories and portraits historiés / J. Douglas Stewart -- Mayerne and his manuscript / Hugh Trevor-Roper.
Bibliography noteImcludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 92000576
ISBN0521431859