Overmantel and Cornice from Great House in Cassiobury Park, Hertfordshire
Purchased with funds provided by The Antiquarian Society
Catalogue
- Year
- 1675
- Medium
- Limewood
- Dimensions
- 335.3 × 274.3 cm (132 × 108 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Grinling Gibbons
Artist
Sculpture
Grinling Gibbons was an Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including Windsor Castle, the Royal Hospital Chelsea and Hampton Court Palace, St Paul's Cathedral and other London churches, Petworth House and other country houses, Trinity College, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge. Gibbons was born to English parents in Holland, where he was educated.
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Record
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- Grinling Gibbons
- Year
- 1675
- Medium
- Limewood
- Dimensions
- 335.3 × 274.3 cm (132 × 108 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1675-005336
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified