The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 22, 2023

Carving from an Overmantel

c. 1675–1677

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Grinling Gibbons

(British, 1648–1721)

England, 17th century

(Charles II)

Lindenwood

Grace Rainey Rogers Fund 1943.654.a

Location

203A British Painting and Decorative Arts

Fun Fact

The swags of fruit and foliage featured in this wooden overmantel decoration evoke the bounty of the English countryside.

Description

See cover record.

Exhibition history

London: Victoria and Albert Museum "Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving" (10/22/98 - 1/24/99); p. 183, cat. no. 115.

Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving. Victoria and Albert Museum (organizer) (October 22, 1998-January 31, 1999).

British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1943.654.a