Pedimental Design for a Wren Building
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1741
- Dimensions
- 9.5 × 22.6 cm (3 3/4 × 8 15/16 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
- 1741
- Dimensions
- 9.5 × 22.6 cm (3 3/4 × 8 15/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1741-005337
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified