The Arundel and Pomfret marbles in Oxford
by Michael Vickers · 2006
The largest surviving portion of the first major collection of Classic antiquities in Britain - the sculpture and inscriptions collected by Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel for his London house and garden - is in the Antiquities Department of the Ashmolean Museum. This book tracks their eventful history.
Art collectionsClassical Marble sculptureCollectors and collectingMarble sculpture, ClassicalPlastikSammlungArtPrivate collectionsAshmolean MuseumAshmolean Museum. Dept. of AntiquitiesArundel, thomas howard, earl of, 1585-1646Sculpture, great britain