Old Masters, British & European Paintings - Day 1 - 11th August 2021
Lot 382
Sir James Thornhill (1675/76-1734)
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £21000
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Description
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