Skip to splash images
Yale Center for British Art Home Page
<< YCBA Home
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
<< YCBA Home
Welcome to YCBA Collections Online
The museum is reopening to the public in March 2025.
    Search Options:
Search in
Simple Search
All Fields
Title
Creator
Subject Terms
Call Number
Search Provenance
Fielded
search for
Search
YCBA Collections Search
Toggle facets
Refine your search
Collection
Paintings and Sculpture
2
Creator
Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675–1734
2
Date
1705
[remove]
2
1763
2
1781
2
1792
2
1799
2
1800
2
1828
2
1830
2
1877
2
1617
1
1633
1
1643
1
1672
1
1699
1
1712
1
1719
1
1725
1
1741
1
1751
1
1756
1
1760
1
1761
1
1765
1
1767
1
1768
1
1770
1
1772
1
1775
1
1780
1
1788
1
1794
1
1795
1
1796
1
1809
1
1810
1
1814
1
1820
1
1825
1
1826
1
1834
1
1835
1
1837
1
1838
1
1842
1
1851
1
1856
1
1858
1
1862
1
1870
1
1872
1
1891
1
On-site Access
Not on view
2
Image Use
Free to Use
2
Image Available
Available
2
Classification
Paintings
2
Creator Gender
male
2
Period
18th century
2
Materials & Techniques
canvas
2
oil paint
2
painting (technique)
2
Height [cm]
Height [cm] range begin
–
Height [cm] range end
Current results range from
82
to
164
Width [cm]
Width [cm] range begin
–
Width [cm] range end
Current results range from
70
to
74
Work Type
painting
[remove]
2
Genre
religious and mythological subject
2
Subject Terms
Bible
2
religious
2
religious and mythological subject
[remove]
2
Classical
1
Old Testament
1
Paul before Festus, King Agrippa and Queen Bernice
1
Roman
1
angels
1
apostle
1
architecture
1
armor
1
book
1
clouds
1
columns
1
dog (animal)
1
dream
1
heaven
1
king (person)
1
ladder
1
light
1
more
Subject Terms
»
Associated People
Agrippa II (born AD 27/28), seventh and last king of the family of Herod the Great
1
Berenice of Cilicia (28 AD – ?), Jewish client queen of the Roman Empire during the second half of the 1st century
1
Paul the Apostle (c. AD 5 – c. AD 67)
1
Exhibition History
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)
1
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
1
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
2
Search Constraints
Start Over
You searched for:
Date
1705
Remove constraint Date: 1705
Work Type
painting
Remove constraint Work Type: painting
Subject Terms
religious and mythological subject
Remove constraint Subject Terms: religious and mythological subject
1
-
2
of
2
Sort by collection
collection
relevance
artist (A-Z)
date
title (A-Z)
Number of results to display per page
100 per page
100
per page
50
per page
15
per page
View results as:
List
Masonry
Search Results
1
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Jacob's Dream
1705
Not on view
2
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
St. Paul before Agrippa
ca. 1710
Not on view