Apostles in England: Sir James Thornhill & the Legacy of Raphael's Tapestry Cartoons

by Arline Meyer

Raphael's seven large gouache paintings, called cartoons, that weavers used in creating tapestries for the Sistine Chapel nearly 500 years ago exerted enormous influence on the development of painting in England in the 18th century. This volume focuses on copies of the cartoons painted between 1729 and 1731 by Sir James Thornhill, England's foremost history painter.

Thornhill's painted copies, together with a variety of engraved versions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1884919022
• ISBN13: 9781884919022
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Wallach Art Gallery
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.9"