Parterre Gallery

Pierrepont House, Nottingham, c.1708-13 (oil on canvas)

XYC137363 Pierrepont House, Nottingham, c.1708-13 (oil on canvas) by English School, (18th century); 91.9x121.9 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; (add.info.: formerly attributed to Leonard Knyff; built in early 16th century; one of first brick buildings in Nottinghamshire; The house was owned by the Earls of Kingston; to the left is the tower of St Mary's church. The hall was built by Sir William Pierrepont around 1500. Sir Robert Pierrepont (died 1643), who was created 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull. The north range of the house was rebuilt in 1628. His son Henry Pierrepont, 2nd Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull was created Marquess of Dorchester in 1645); English, out of copyright

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Gardens and exterior of the Chateau de Gaillon, from '

STC171600 Gardens and exterior of the Chateau de Gaillon, from Le Plus Belles Bastiments de France, published 1570s (engraving) by Ducerceau, J. Androuet (du Cerceau) (1510-84); Private Collection; (add.info.: top Maison Blanche exterior at Gaillon with fountains; middle interior of the Maison Blanche with pan caryatids; bottom layout of gardens with lodges, aviary, parterres and maze; seminal survey of french buildings;); The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

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Villa Lappeggi, from Views of Tuscany, published c.1744-57 (engraving)

STC172958 Villa Lappeggi, from Views of Tuscany, published c.1744-57 (engraving) by Zocchi, Giuseppe (1711-67) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vedute delle Ville, e d'Altri Luoghi della Toscana'; illustrated princely villas near Florence; became a residence of Medici family 1569; Bernado Buontalenti (1531-1608) restructured the villa late c16th; Cardinal Francesco Maria de'Medici commissioned Antonio Ferri to remodel it (1609-1708);); The Stapleton Collection; Italian, out of copyright

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