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Henry Gibbs

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Henry Gibbs (1630/1–1713) was an English oil painter.[1][2]

Gibbs worked in Canterbury, Kent.[3] He painted "Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy" in 1654, acquired by the Tate Britain gallery, London, in 1994.[4] There are also works by Gibbs in the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge and the Canterbury Heritage Museum.[3] His paintings have been sold through Christie's auction house.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Stephens, Richard (November 2011). "Gibbs, Henry (1630/1–1713)". The world of art in Britain: 1660–1735. UK: The University of York. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  2. ^ 2 artworks by or after Henry Gibbs at the Art UK site
  3. ^ a b Wright, Christopher; Gordon, Catherine May; Smith, Mary Peskett, eds. (2006). British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Yale University Press. p. 362. ISBN 978-0300117301.
  4. ^ Tate. "Henry Gibbs: Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy, 1654". Tate. UK: Tate Gallery. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Henry Gibbs (1631–1713): Portrait of Thomas Oxenden of Maydeken, Barham, aged 9". British Pictures 1500–1850. UK: Christie's. Retrieved 27 July 2014.