Design for a Ceiling: Venus, Cupid and a Fawn
Sir James Thornhill (Woolland 1675 - Stalbridge 1734)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1700 - 1734
Materials
Pen and ink on paper
Measurements
376 mm (H)357 mm (W)340 mm (H)320 mm (W)195 mm (H)184 mm (W)
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1396359
Summary
Pen and ink on paper, Design for a Ceiling: Venus, Cupid and a Fawn by Sir James Thornhill (Melcombe Regis 1675 - Stalbridge 1734). Venus with cupid and a fawn rest on clouds within a square border with masks and ribbons. Label on reverse 'Sir James Thornhill. Design for a ceiling'. Label on reverse 'Thos Agnew and Sons Ltd, Fine Art Publishers to HM King George VI'.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)
Makers and roles
Sir James Thornhill (Woolland 1675 - Stalbridge 1734)