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The shape, subject and style of both suggest they may have formed part of an altarpiece erected in Whitehall Palace during the short reign of James II, who was a Roman Catholic.\r\n\r\nThe altarpiece at Whitehall Palace was dismantled following the fire of 1695, and re-erected as the high altar of Westminster Abbey in 1706. In about 1820 it was moved to Burnham-on-Sea, in Somerset. The figurative style of the putti recalls both the surviving fragments from the altarpiece at Burnham-on-Sea, and other known works by Grinling Gibbons and Arnold Quellin.\r\n\r\nAlthough celebrated as a carver of wood sculpture, Gibbons also produced a number of marble church monuments. During the period in which Quellin worked with Gibbons, some particularly fine pieces were produced; Quellin had been trained in the Netherlands and was highly skilled as a marble carver. Gibbons may have met him in Amsterdam, where he too probably trained.","physicalDescription":"Sculpture, marble. On of a pair. The naked putto looking towards his right, stands on a leafy mound. In his raised right hand he brandishes a thistle. With his left he supports a crown which surmounts a large auricular cartouche. On the cartouche there is a lion rampant. Fracture across the top right corner. The surface of the marble is weathered.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Gibbons, Grinling","id":"A8424"},"association":{"text":"style of","id":"x44460"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Quellin, Arnold","id":"A7243"},"association":{"text":"style of","id":"x44460"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"marble","id":"AAT11443"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Marble","categories":[{"text":"Scotland","id":"THES262877"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":["2006AM8813"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"24","id":"THES49838"},"free":"","case":"WWAL","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Relief","id":"AAT53622"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1686","earliest":"1681-01-01","latest":"1690-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"A.4-1973","id":"O127104"},"association":"Pair"}],"creditLine":"Given by Dr W.L. 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A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum</u>, London, 2002, pp. 10-11, cat. no. 12."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"putto","id":"AAT250465"},{"text":"crown","id":"x40442"},{"text":"thistle","id":"x34969"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Workshop of Grinling Gibbons (1648–1721) and Arnold Quellin (1653–86)\r\nPutto holding the crown and coat of arms of Scotland\r\nAbout 1686\n\r\nGibbons is best-known for his skill as a wood carver, but he also worked in marble and completed many royal commissions. He probably met the sculptor Quellin in Amsterdam. They worked together for several years in London. This relief was possibly commissioned by King James II who briefly reigned from 1685 to 1688.\n\r\nLondon\r\nMarble\r\nPerhaps from an altarpiece in the Roman Catholic chapel in Whitehall Palace","date":{"text":"2021","earliest":"2021-01-01","latest":"2021-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["A.3-1973"],"accessionNumberNum":"3","accessionNumberPrefix":"A","accessionYear":1973,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LR4911","2019LV5606","2020MP1958"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-16","recordCreationDate":"2006-08-14","availableToBook":false}}