Grinling Gibbons
Grinling Gibbons c1690 by British Grabatzailea John Smith (1652 – 1743) from a painting by German Painter Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 – 1723)
This is a three quarter length portrait that represents the virtuoso sculptor Grinling Gibbons (1648 – 1721), who was acclaimed for his pearwood sculptures.
He is wearing a long curly wig and is dressed in the period costume of the day as well as a large cloak.
He is standing by a marble table with his right hand holding a cast of Proserpina; which is part of Bernini’s famous sculptural group “Pluto and Proserpina”; while in his left hand he is holding a compass.
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John was born Daventry, Northamptonshire England and was sent to study under a painter named Tillet and later studied mezzotint engraving under Isaac Beckett (1653 – 1719) and Jan van der Vaart (1650 – 1727).
Sir Godfrey Knellerren grabatzaile gogokoena bihurtu zen (1646 – 1723), zeinen margolanak erreproduzitu zituen.
John gutxi gorabehera sortu zuela uste da 500 plakak, buruz 300 plaka hauek Karlos II.aren garaian gizon-emakume aipagarrien erretratuak izanik (1630 – 1685) eta Jorge II (1683 – 1670).