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A modello by James Thornhill for Addiscombe House, Surrey

12/2019 | 1401 | 161

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Author:

Marandet, François (Marandet, François)

Subjects

artists:

Thornhill, James

buildings:

Addiscombe House, Croydon, Great Britain

dates:

1700-1709

museums and institutions:

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen, France

patrons:

Draper, William

subjects:

Ceilings / Modelli / Attributions, former / Iconography / Gods / Apollo / Interiors / Personification / Musicians / Bacchus / Ariadne

subjects:

Allegory / British art

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Allegory of the days, here identified as a modello for the ceiling painting of the staircase hall at Addiscombe House, Surrey, by James Thornhill. c.1705. Oil on canvas, diameter 59 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen).

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10. Addiscombe House, Surrey, photographed in 1859, from H.M. Vibart: Addiscombe and its Heroes and Men of Note, London 1894, p.19.

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11. Bacchus and Ariadne, design for the ceiling painting of the Saloon at Addiscombe House, Surrey, by James Thornhill. c.1705. Graphite, ink and wash, 24 by 33 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).

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2. Detail of Fig.1, showing the group below the figure of Apollo.

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3. Detail of Fig.1, the group of figures with Diana.

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4. Detail of Fig.1, the group of figures with Mercury.

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5. Detail of Fig.1, the group of figures with Mars.

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6. Detail of Fig.1, the group of figures with Jupiter, Juno and Venus.

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7. Detail of Fig.1, the group of figures with Saturn.

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8. William and Mary presenting the cap of liberty to Europe, by James Thornhill. c.1710. Oil on canvas, 96 by 66 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

9. Allegory of the days, by James Thornhill. c.1705. Ink and black crayon on paper, 35 by 23 cm. (British Museum, London).

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