Henry Gibbs Explained

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

Gibbs worked in Canterbury, Kent.^[2] He painted "Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy" in 1654, acquired by the Tate Britain gallery, London, in 1994.^[3] There are also works by Gibbs in the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge and the Canterbury Heritage Museum.^[2] His paintings have been sold through Christie's auction house.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gibbs, Henry (1630/1–1713) . . The world of art in Britain: 1660–1735 . November 2011 . 27 July 2014 . Stephens . Richard . UK.
2. Book: 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 . Christopher . Wright . Catherine May . Gordon . Mary Peskett . Smith . . 2006 . 978-0300117301 . 362 .
3. News: Henry Gibbs: Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy, 1654 . Tate . . UK . 27 July 2014 . Tate .
4. Web site: Henry Gibbs (1631–1713): Portrait of Thomas Oxenden of Maydeken, Barham, aged 9 . British Pictures 1500–1850 . . UK . 27 July 2014 .