File:Putto holding the Crown and Coat of Arms of Scotland.jpg

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Arnold Quellin 1653-86 and Grinling Gibbons 1648-1721 depicting "Putto holding the Crown and Coat of Arms of Ireland" about 1686 Gibbons is best known for his great skill in carving wood and church reredos. Quellin was a Flemish sculptor whom Grindling Gibbons may have met in Amsterdam, they worked in London on some important church monuments for the rebuilding following the Great Fire of 1666.

These pieces are thought to have come from the Roman Catholic chapel in Whitehall Palace V&A A.4-1973
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Author Martin Beek
Camera location51° 29′ 48.1″ N, 0° 10′ 23.31″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Martin Beek at https://www.flickr.com/photos/66122200@N00/342266734. It was reviewed on 6 May 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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