<p>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 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oxfordshire_church_photos/182274662/">Grindling Gibbons</a> may have met in Amsterdam, they worked in London on some important church monuments for the rebuilding following the Great Fire of 1666.
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These pieces are thought to have come from the Roman Catholic chapel in Whitehall Palace V&amp;A A.4-1973
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/66122200@N00">Martin Beek</a>
CC BY 2.0
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oxfordshire_church_photos/342266734/">Grinling Gibbons</a>