Chiswick House was built between 1727 and 1729 by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, who was a gentleman-architect and one of Britain’s greatest patrons and art collectors. He looked to the buildings of Ancient Rome and the designs of the sixteenth-century Italian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) for inspiration and created a pioneering example of Neo-Palladian architecture. Known as the ‘Apollo of the arts’, Burlington filled his villa by the Thames with late sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italian paintings, family portraits and painted views of the house and garden commissioned from contemporary artists. Many of these paintings can still be seen today, alongside complementary works, within the richly ornamented and gilded interiors. The interiors of Chiswick House are decorated with ceiling paintings and furniture designed by the architect William Kent (1685–1748). The collection includes a striking equestrian portrait of ‘The Moroccan Ambassador’ by Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723) and Jan Wyck (1645–1700); a portrait of Inigo Jones by William Dobson (1611–1646) and early copies of paintings by Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) and Guido Reni (1575–1642).


Chiswick House is managed by English Heritage, Chiswick House
English Heritage, Chiswick House is an Art UK Founder Partner
Chiswick House
Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London, Greater London W4 2RP England
020 8995 0508
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/chiswick-house/Please remember to double-check the opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit
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04 March 2021
Next Tuesday we will be hosting an online lecture by Dr David Jacques titled 'Creation and Re-creation: 300 years at Chiswick'. Tickets are available via our website: https://t.co/pv7mOTKMH7 #WeLoveChiswickHouse https://t.co/z36OTO9vPw