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Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren, detail of an oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1711; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
The master of Trinity College commissioned Christopher Wren to design a new library for the college, which was constructed between 1676 and 1684.1
Wren’s design for the library is noted for its impressive classicism. Unlike much of the architecture prevalent in Europe at the time, the building lacks Baroque stylistic elements and is characterized by a design that could be mistaken for a Neoclassical work created a century later.12