On March 26, 1983, Sir Anthony Blunt, former Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures and Keeper of the Royal Collection, passed away in London at the age of 75. Blunt grew up in London, and attended the Universities of Cambridge and London. While studying art history in 1933, he joined the Cambridge Apostles, a secret society of intellectuals. During World War II, he worked for the British intelligence service and took part in the decryption of the German Enigma cipher. After the war, he joined the court of Queen Elizabeth II, first as a teacher and then as the Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures in 1945. During this time, Blunt was able to acquire a vast number of artworks for the Royal Collection. He was also a professor of art history at the University of London, and his 1959 book, Art and Architecture in France, 1520–1600, was an important step in his career. Blunt was knighted in 1956, but his involvement in the Cambridge Spy Ring and his decades of lying about it, resulted in his knighthood being revoked in 1979. He lived in obscurity until his death in 1983. His legacy includes his many scholarly works, his efforts to bring European art to Britain, and notably for his part in the Cambridge Spy Ring. Blunt will be remembered for his contributions, as well as his fall from grace.