Born in Holland, who is regarded as the finest woodworker to have worked in England. Noted for his Baroque garlands of still life framing mirrors and doorways, examples of his workmanship are seen in many buildings including St Paul's, Hampton Court and Bleheim palaces.
Grinling Gibbons Grinling Gibbons Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648 – 3 August 1721) was a Dutch-English sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including Windsor Castle 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. Gibbons was born and educated in Holland of English parents, his father being a merchant. He was a member of the Drapers' Company of London. He is widely regarded as the finest wood carver working in England, and the only one whose name is widely known among the general
Villas and palaces in Milan Villas and palaces in Milan Villas and palaces in Milan are used to indicate public and private buildings in Milan of particular artistic and architectural value. Milan has always been an important centre with regard to the construction of historical villas and palaces, ranging from the Romanesque to the neo-Gothic, from Baroque to Rococo. The spread of the construction of patrician villas in Milan has early origins. Archaeological excavations have revealed a complex system of villas from the first imperial age, going back to about the 1st century BCE. After the fall of the Barbarians and the end of the