Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire: detail of putto holding a mask on the main staircase on one of the newel posts

NOTES: Hatfield House, commissioned by the Lord Treasurer, Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, was designed by Simon Basil, who was Surveyor of the King's Works from 1606 until his death in 1615. The construction of the house was supervised by the surveyor, Robert Lemyinge (or Liminge), from 1607 to 1612. See RIBA148275 for a black and white version of this image.