Chiswick House, London: a glimpse of the central room of the Gallery from the octagonal room

NOTES: Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork, refronted the existing Chiswick House and designed and built the adjoining villa to display his art collection and entertain friends in 1727-1729. He was inspired on his grand tour by Palladio's Villa Capra 'La Rotonda' near Vicenza. The interiors were designed by William Kent. The Gallery, on the first floor, consists of a central room, apsed at either end, flanked by a circular and octangonal room.