Sir James Thornhill (1675/76-1734)

Sir James Thornhill (1675/76-1734)

Dido and Aeneas, a sketch probably for the painted staircase at Canons, Middlesex

Oil on canvas

60.6 x 44.7cm; 23¾ x 17½in

Provenance:

Colnaghi, London, where purchased by Edward Croft-Murray, 1959;

From the collection of Edward Croft-Murray (1907-1980)

Literature:

Edward Croft-Murray, Decorative Painting in England 1537-1837, vol. I (Country Life, 1962), p.266, pl.134;

Elizabeth Einberg, Manners & Morals: Hogarth and British Painting 1700-1760 pp.41 (illustrated), 247

Exhibited:

Twickenham, Marble Hill House, English Baroque Sketches: The Painted Interior in the Age of Thornhill, May-July 1974, no.46;

London, National Portrait Gallery, Hallelujah

Handel, November 1985- February 1986, no.70;

London, Tate, Manners & Morals: Hogarth and British Painting 1700-1760, October 1987-January 1988, no. 13