Bought with Love: The Secret History of British Art Collections
Bought with Love: The Secret History of British Art Collections
The Pioneers (1x1)
: 17, 2013
In the first episode she reveals the immense influence of the 17th-century pioneer collectors such as Thomas Howard, the 'Collector' Earl of Arundel, King Charles I and his entourage known as the Whitehall Group. Rosslyn explores how this group also brought a taste for the Baroque to Britain, commissioning continental artists such as Rubens, Van Dyck and later Antonio Verrio.