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Artists›James Thornhill

James Thornhill

British, 1675–1734

DrawingBaroque

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James Thornhill was a British history painter and muralist active in the early 18th century, best known for large-scale decorative schemes executed in oil and fresco. His monumental commissions, including work at the Painted Hall in Greenwich and the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, established him as a leading figure in English Baroque painting. Thornhill's compositions combined classical narrative with architectural grandeur, anchoring his figures within elaborate perspectival frameworks that demanded years of sustained execution.

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Art Institute of Chicago Rijksmuseum Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artworks (23)

Study for King Josiah Rending his Garments

1725 · pen and brown ink over black chalk

Sheet: 19.5 x 28.5 cm (7 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Securitas Publica

1718 · Pen and brown ink with brush and green wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, on tan wove paper, laid down on board

25 × 11.7 cm (9 7/8 × 4 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Flora Design for Closet Ceiling (left) and Statue of Apollo Design for Blank Niche (right), for Bateman House, London

1716 · Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper

23.5 × 34 cm (9 5/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study

1714 · Pen and brown ink with brush and tan and gray wash on ivory laid paper

32.3 × 20.2 cm (12 3/4 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Paul and Barnabas at Lystra

1709 · Black chalk with brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper, tipped onto card

20 × 14.3 cm (7 7/8 × 5 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Company of Painters

1709 · Brush and brown wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper

24 × 23.5 cm (9 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lupercalia (recto), and Sketches of Figures (verso)

1702 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite (recto), and black chalk (verso), on ivory wove paper

12.7 × 25.1 cm (5 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Inner Portico with Statues

1700 · Graphite and brush and gray wash on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

11.9 × 15 cm (4 11/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Johann Georg Platzer

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Christoffel Jacobsz van der Laemen

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