Venus and Cupid
Thomas Stothard (London 1755 - London 1834)
Lot-No. 127
Oil/canvas, 52 x 66,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. T. Sthothard pinx, min. rest., relined. - English painter. S. began designer for the textile industry, later turning to illustrations. Since 1777 he studied at the Royal Academy, the member of which he became in 1794. Among his friends were J. Flaxman and W. Blake who engraved some of S.s drawings. Mus.: London (Nat. Gall.; V&A, Brit. Mus.), Budapest, Edinburg, Nottingham. Lit.: Thieme-Becker.
Thomas Stothard: Venus and Cupid
Thomas Stothard (London 1755 - London 1834)
Venus and Cupid
Lot-No. 127
Oil/canvas, 52 x 66,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. T. Sthothard pinx, min. rest., relined. - English painter. S. began designer for the textile industry, later turning to illustrations. Since 1777 he studied at the Royal Academy, the member of which he became in 1794. Among his friends were J. Flaxman and W. Blake who engraved some of S.s drawings. Mus.: London (Nat. Gall.; V&A, Brit. Mus.), Budapest, Edinburg, Nottingham. Lit.: Thieme-Becker.