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ID: 500115483
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500115483
 
Record Type: Person
Gibbons, Grinling (English woodcarver and sculptor, 1648-1721)

Note: Gibbons is often revered as England's most prominent decorative woodcarver. He was the son of English merchant parents who had settled in Rotterdam. He probably studied drawing and wood and stone carving with Artus Quellinus in Amsterdam. King George I of England was amongst his patrons.

Names:
Gibbons, Grinling (preferred,V,index,Dutch-P,NA)
Grinling Gibbons (V,display)
G. Gibbons (LU,U)
Gibbins (LU,U)
Gibbons (LU,U)
Gibbons, G. (LU,U)
Mr. Gibbons (LU,U)

Nationalities:
British (modern) (preferred)
English
Dutch
North Netherlandish

Roles:
artist (preferred)
sculptor
carver
woodcarver
owner
court sculptor
framemaker(s)

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Rotterdam (South Holland, Netherlands) (inhabited place)
Died:  London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   Rotterdam (South Holland, Netherlands) (inhabited place)
active:   Netherlands (Europe) (nation)
active:   London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
active:   England (United Kingdom) (country)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
collaborated with ....  Quellinus, Artus, III  
................................  (Flemish sculptor, 1653-1686) [500087326]
employee of ....  Wren, Christopher  
....................  (English architect, 1632-1723) [500115492]
influenced ....  Esterly, David  
....................  (American sculptor and wood carver, 1944-2019) [500193224]
student of ....  Quellinus, Artus, I  
..................  (Flemish sculptor, 1609-1668) [500012120]
teacher of ....  Nost, John van, the elder  
..................  (Flemish sculptor, ca. 1655-ca. 1712) [500120930]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Gibbons, Grinling (I)

Biographies:
(English woodcarver and sculptor, 1648-1721) ..... [VP Preferred]
(British owner, 1648-1721) ..... [PROV]
(English woodcarver, sculptor, 1648-1721) ..... [AVERY]
(English sculptor, woodcarver, 1648-1721) ..... [BHA]
(British, 1648-1721) ..... [GRLPA]
(English woodcarver, 1648-1721) ..... [AVERY]
(English wood-carver, 1648-1721) ..... [Grove Art]
( sculptor, 1648-1721) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
(British artist, 1648-1721) ..... [PROV]
(North Netherlandish sculptor, 1648-1720) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
G. Gibbons ........ [PROV]
......................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Gibbins ........ [PROV]
.................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Gibbons ........ [PROV]
.................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Gibbons, G. ........ [PROV]
........................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Gibbons, Grinling ........ [AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, CL-Courtauld Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, PROV Preferred, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred]
....................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
....................................  British Museum Catalogue of British Drawings (1960)
....................................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................................  Oxford Concise Dictionary of Art and Artists (1996) 203
....................................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
....................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 273369
....................................  Witt Library, Authority files
Grinling Gibbons ........ [CL-Courtauld, PROV, VP]
..................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Mr. Gibbons ........ [PROV]
........................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

Subject: ........ [AVERY, BHA, CL-Courtauld, Gallery Systems, GRLPA, Grove Art, PROV, RKD, VP]
....................  British Museum Catalogue of British Drawings (1960)
....................  DNB: Oxford National Biography, 1912-1921 (1927)
....................  Encyclopedia of World Art (1959-1987)
....................  EWA
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n81079963
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................  Grant, Dictionary of British Sculptors (1953)
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Grove Art Online (2003-2008) accessed 15 June 2004
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n81079963
....................  Oxford Concise Dictionary of Art and Artists (1996) 203
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 273369
....................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
....................  Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) (2002-)
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q610462
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, VP]
.......... EWA
.......... Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 11 July 2002
.......... Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
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