James Thornhill
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sir Jas. Thornhill, James, Sir Thornhill, Sir Thornhill, Chev. Jacq. Thornhill, Sir James Thornhill, Sir T. Thornhill, James Thornhill (Sir), S.r Jam. Thornhill
British painter (1675-1734)
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Melcombe Regis
- Place of death
- Weymouth
- Occupation
- artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Noble title
- Knight Bachelor
- Genre
- history painting
- Movement
- Baroque
- Image
- James Thornhill self portrait.jpg
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- Commons category
- James Thornhill
- date of death
- 1734-05-13
- date of birth
- 1676-07-25
- member of
- Royal Society
- Commons Creator page
- James Thornhill
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- James Thornhill
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Works in European collections
15 objects attributed to James Thornhill, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![Mutati, dicebant esse Deum [Paul on the Island of Malta]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fthornhill-j-nach-ab3-0008%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Mutati, dicebant esse Deum [Paul on the Island of Malta]
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![Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris? [Conversion of St. Paul]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fthornhill-j-nach-ab3-0001%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris? [Conversion of St. Paul]
![Propemodum mihi Propades ut Christianus siam [Paul before Agrippa]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fthornhill-j-nach-ab3-0007%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Propemodum mihi Propades ut Christianus siam [Paul before Agrippa]
![Domoni, quid mihi faciendum est ut salvus sim? [Der Kerkermeister kniet vor Paulus und Silas nieder]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fthornhill-j-nach-ab3-0004%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Domoni, quid mihi faciendum est ut salvus sim? [Der Kerkermeister kniet vor Paulus und Silas nieder]
![Viri, cur ista facitis? [The People of Lystra sacrificing Paul and Barnabas]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fthornhill-j-nach-ab3-0003%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Viri, cur ista facitis? [The People of Lystra sacrificing Paul and Barnabas]
![Scito nunc te Domini manu peti [The blindness of Elymas, the magician]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fthornhill-j-nach-ab3-0002%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Scito nunc te Domini manu peti [The blindness of Elymas, the magician]
![Qui illicita tractaverant cremabant libros. [Paul observes how those who had driven magic burn their books]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fthornhill-j-nach-ab3-0006%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Qui illicita tractaverant cremabant libros. [Paul observes how those who had driven magic burn their books]
![Quem ergo ignorantes colitis, hunc ego vobis annuntio. [Paul preaching in Athens]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fthornhill-j-nach-ab3-0005%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Quem ergo ignorantes colitis, hunc ego vobis annuntio. [Paul preaching in Athens]
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