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Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675–1734
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Paul before Festus, King Agrippa and Queen Bernice
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Agrippa II (born AD 27/28), seventh and last king of the family of Herod the Great
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Andromeda
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Berenice of Cilicia (28 AD – ?), Jewish client queen of the Roman Empire during the second half of the 1st century
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Paul the Apostle (c. AD 5 – c. AD 67)
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Apostles in England - Sir James Thornhill and the Legacy of Raphael's Tapestry Cartoons (Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, 1996-10-15 - 1996-12-21)
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Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
St. Paul before Agrippa
ca. 1710
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Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphis (four of four)
ca. 1710