| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | Pieter Stevensz Van Gunst after Anthony van Dyck |
| Published | Ex Muséo Sereniss. Domini de Wharton. [c. 1715] |
| Dimensions | Image 437 x 302 mm, Sheet 512 x 333 mm |
| Notes |
Full-length portrait of Arthur Goodwin, standing slightly to the right, wearing a cloak and boots with spurs, with a curtain in the background to the left. Arthur Goodwin (c. 1593/94 - 1643) was an English lawyer and politician. Between 1621 and 1643, he sat in the House of Commons on numerous occasions. During the English Civil War, Goodwin supported the Parliamentary cause. Pieter Stevensz van Gunst (1658-1731) worked in Amsterdam as a reproductive engraver in the manner of Houbraken. A prolific printmaker, he is best-known for his portrait prints and book illustrations. He was linked with Britain in 1713-5 when he engraved a set of ten plates after whole-lengths by van Dyck from the Wharton collection (before they went to Houghton and thence to the Hermitage). These were proposed to subscribers by a syndicate of dealers - Cock, Comyns and McSwiny - who employed Houbraken to come from Holland in 1713 to make the drawings and van Gunst to engraved them in Amsterdam. The set of ten was advertised in the London Gazette on 13 December 1715. O'Donoghue 1. Ex. Col.: Earl de Gray, collector's mark on verso of album page. Condition: Trimmed within plate mark, and tipped to album page. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £175.00 |
| Stock ID | 37688 |