Grinling Gibbons
Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver (1648-1721) · Netherlands · On the map · Artists · Died at 73
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.
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Detail from Hampton Court Palace
Bookcase carvings for the Wren Library at Trinity College, Cambridge
Plaque below a wreath of limewood in St Paul's Church, Covent Garden
Detail from Carved Room, Petworth House
Monument for Cloudesley Shovell in Westminster Abbey
Stoning of St Stephen, c. 1680, in the Victoria and Albert Museum
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Gibbons was born to English parents in Holland, where he was educated.
