James Thornhill

1675–1734 · Baroque

Sir James Thornhill was an English painter of historical subjects working in the Italian baroque tradition. He was responsible for some large-scale schemes of murals, including the "Painted Hall" at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, the paintings on the inside of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral, and works at Hampton Court Palace, Chatsworth House and Wimpole Hall.

40 paintings

• Saint Paul Preaching at Athens (1710)
• Saint Paul Before Sergius Paulus (1710)
• Richard Bentley (1662–1742), Discoverer of the Lost Greek Letter, the Digamma, in Homer’s Poetry, Royal Chaplain (1695), Master of Trinity (1700) (1710)
• Sir James Thornhill (self portrait) (1720)
• Paul Preaching in the Areopagus (copy after Raphael) (1730)
• The Blinding of Elymas (copy after Raphael) (1730)
• The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (copy after Raphael) (1730)
• Sketch for a Ceiling Decoration (A Mythological Allegory) (1700)
• Sir Samuel Garrard (1651–1725), Lord Mayor of London (1709)
• Sir Richard Steele (1672–1729), Essayist
• Sir Nathaniel Lloyd (1669–1745), Benefactor (with Trinity Hall in the background)
• Henry Chichele (c.1364–1443)
• Christopher Codrington (1668–1710)
• The Finding of the Law
• Josiah Rending His Robe
• Dido and Aeneas
• Christopher Codrington (1668–1710)
• Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727)
• Interior of a Dome (a trompe l'oeil ceiling)
• Old Chapel Reredos, Section 2 – Bishop Chichele Kneeling
• Old Chapel Reredos, Section 3 – Cherubs
• Old Chapel Reredos, Section 1 – Cherubs
• Old Chapel Reredos, Section 7 – Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Peter and Saint Paul
• Diana and Actaeon (1704)
• The Rape of Proserpine (1704)
• The Judgement of Paris (1704)
• Apollo and Daphne
• The Gods on Mount Olympus
• Porträt des Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran (1671-1758) (1727)
• Jacob's Dream (1705)
• St. Paul before Agrippa (1710)
• Sketch for 'The Last Supper,' St. Mary's, Weymouth (1719)
• A Sketch of Gratitude Crowned by Peace, with Other Allegorical Figures of Industry, Fame and Plenty (1712)
• Panel for a Royal State Coach: Britannia Receiving Homage from the Continents. (1718)
• Sir James Thornhill (1800)
• An Allegory of Apollo and Minerva as Wisdom and the Arts
• John Worley, 1624-1721 (1708)
• Psyche obtaining the Jar of Forgetfulness from Pluto in Hades (modello for a mural) (1717)
• The Adoration of the Magi (1724)
• The Apotheosis of Romulus: Sketch for a Ceiling Decoration, Possibly for Hewell Grange, Worcestershire (1710)