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Residents of Ephesus burn their books on the magic arts before Saint Paul Wall Art
ART BY: Sir James Thornhill
Residents of Ephesus burn their books on the magic arts before Saint Paul Wall Art
ART BY: Sir James Thornhill
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Residents of Ephesus burn their books on the magic arts before Saint Paul is an intaglio prints by Sir James Thornhill (1675–1734). The artist is catalogued as English. The source scan comes from the Wellcome Collection, and the file offered here measures 3754 × 6000 px (4.9 MB). It is filed under Prints and Rococo, in portrait format. Archive Lane holds 51 works by Sir James Thornhill, a British artist.
Sir James Thornhill was an English painter of historical subjects working in the Italian baroque tradition. He was responsible for some large-scale schemes of murals, including the "Painted Hall" at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, the paintings on the inside of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral, and works at Hampton Court Palace, Chatsworth House and Wimpole Hall.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). All works by Sir James Thornhill →
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