British, English · 1675–1734
James Thornhill
Sir James Thornhill was an English painter of historical subjects working in the Italian baroque tradition.
William and Mary Presenting the Cap of Liberty to Europe (sketch for the painted ceiling of the Great Hall, Greenwich Hospital)
ca. 1710 · Victoria and Albert Museum
Aeneas before Dido, and Venus Supplicating Jupiter
ca. 1720 · Victoria and Albert Museum
Ontwerp voor een wanddecoratie met twee allegorische figuren
c. 1685 - c. 1734 · Rijksmuseum
Entwurf für eine Wanddekoration mit mythologischen Figuren in einer Landschaft hinter Säulen
Albertina
Entwurf für eine Deckendekoration mit mythologischen Figuren - darunter Bacchus und Ariadne
Albertina
Die Wahrheit offenbart die königlichen Tugenden (Entwurf für eine Deckendekoration)
Albertina
Birth of Venus
c. 1710 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art
The Discovery of Achilles among the Daughters of Lycomedes
c. 1710 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art
The Apotheosis of Romulus: Sketch for a Ceiling Decoration, Possibly for Hewell Grange, Worcestershire
1710 · The National Gallery
Jacob Allowing Benjamin to Go to Egypt with His Brothers
1722 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art
Sir J. Thorndale
n.d. · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Bacchus and Ariadne
n.d. · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Four Classic Scenes for Overdoors
n.d. · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Deifying of Horofilia
n.d. · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Neptune and Amphitrite Flanked by Jupiter and Juno: Design for Painted Hall or Garden Bench
n.d. · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Five Sketches for the Triumph of Silenus
n.d. · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Moses and the Tables of Law
n.d. · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Edmond Nicholas
n.d. · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Design for Ceiling Fresco: Apollo and the Muses with Minerva Destroying Ignorance
n.d. · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Portrait of a Geographer, Wife, and Child
n.d. · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Inner Portico with Statues
n.d. · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Grinling Gibbons
n.d. · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Lupercalia (recto), and Sketches of Figures (verso)
n.d. · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Design for the Overmantel of a Chimneypiece with Bust of Pompilius Numa
n.d. · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
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late 17th - early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Two designs for overdoor paintings depicting Diana and Acteon (left) and Bacchus and Erigone (right)
early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Design for a painted panel within a Corinthian scheme
early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Design for a coffered ceiling
early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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ca. early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Design for an overdoor painting depicting Apollo, Pan and Midas
early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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late 17th - early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Preliminary sketches for ceiling of Upper Hall at Greenwich
Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Aeneas before Dido in the Temple of Juno
early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Study for an oval painting
early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Design for a coffered ceiling set within an acanthus frame
early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Design for a ceiling possibly at Thornhill House, Dorset
Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Study for an oval painting
early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Design for wall decoration, possibly at Chatsworth, Derbyshire
Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Allegorical design with figures: Clemency, Prudence and Justice with Pallas, Heroic Poetry, Liberty, Discretion, History and Mercury (preliminary design for a panel from Royal State Coach for George I)
Early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Design for a painting within an architectural setting depicting Ptolemy I commissioning the Library at Alexandria
early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Preliminary study possibly for the corner of the ceiling of the Lower Hall at Greenwich
early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Study for an oval painting
early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Design for a ceiling painting depicting the Fall of Phaeton
early 18th century · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Design for a Ceiling Depicting "The Reception of Hercules in Olympus"
17th-18th century · Not on view · Harvard Art Museums
Portrait of a Man
18th century · Not on view · Harvard Art Museums
Entwurf für eine Salondekoration mit zwei mythologischen Szenen: Herkules mit dem Spinnenrock zu Füßen der Omphale, und Raub der Deianeira
Albertina
Wall Decoration with Story of Egeria & Numa Pompilius
1695/1734 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Design for Stage Scenery (Hampton Court) with Mythological Figures
1695/1734 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
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c. 1695-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
The Birth of Venus, and the Gods of Olympus
ca. 1700-1734 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Design for a stage set for Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus at the Theatre Royal, London for Act I, scene 1, Arsinoe sleeping in a garden at night
1705 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Drawing, Design for a stage set for Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus at the Theatre Royal, London for Act II, scene 1, a great hall looking into a garden
1705 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Design for a wall and ceiling painting, possibly for Chatsworth, Derbyshire
C.1706 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Preliminary design for the ceiling of the Upper Hall at Greenwich
ca.1707 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Saint Paul and Barnabas at Lystra
c. 1714 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
The Sacrifice at Lystra
c.1715 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
The Conversion of St Paul
c.1715 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Burning of the Books at Ephesus
c.1715 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
St Paul preaching at Athens
c.1715 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
St Paul Converting the Jailor at Philippi
c.1715 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
Three preparatory studies for the Burning of the Books at Ephesus
c.1715 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
St Paul Shipwrecked on the Island of Malta
ca. 1715 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum
St Paul Preaching Before Sergius Paulus
c.1715 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum