Fine Art Sale
Lot 564
SIR JAMES THORNHILL (1675-1734) A MYTHOLOGICAL SUBJECT pen
SIR JAMES THORNHILL (1675-1734) A MYTHOLOGICAL SUBJECT pen, pencil, ink and wash, 18.5 x 15cmExhibited: Baskett & Day, 1971; Colnaghi 1972, No 18.The present drawing is closely related to Thornhill's Classical Design with Temple (illustrated Iolo Williams, Early English Water-Colours, Fig 22) and to a design for a wall decoration called The Worship of Venus, in the National Gallery of Canada (No 6314)
Estimate: £300 - 500
Sold for £380