Grinling Gibbons, Wood Carver

John Smith after Sir Godfrey Kneller

Associated Names
John Smith

Artist, English, probably 1652 - 1742

Sir Godfrey Kneller

Artist After, English, 1646 - 1723

The image is an illustration of a person from the waist up. The individual is seated with their body slightly turned to the side, looking forward. They have long, curly hair, and wear a long-sleeved garment with wide cuffs and buttons. In their hands, they hold a sculpting tool and rest one hand on a bust resembling a classical sculpture. The background is plain and dark, and the person's name, M. Grinlin Gibbons, is at the bottom in an elegant script.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.1 × 26.7 cm (13 13/16 × 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.527

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q65079904

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