ABOUT US

Tom Mendel read Theology and the History of Art at Clare College, Cambridge, before going on to run the Picture sales for an auction house in West London. Tom established Nonesuch in 2020, with the aim of providing high-quality, fully researched and above all interesting pictures to established collectors, institutional collections, and first-time buyers. We offer advice to clients on works coming up for sale, building their collections, and on private sales. The gallery specialises in works on paper from the 16th to 19th centuries; with a focus on landscape & topographical subjects, particularly those relating to 'The Grand Tour'. We made our debut at London Art Week in 2023, presenting an array of works on the theme of 'Travel c.1600 - 1900', and will be exhibiting at Master Drawings New York in January 2025.

Tom is the youngest member of the Society of London Art Dealers (SLAD), and was recently featured in FRIEZE as part of a feature on the changing nature and face of the Old Masters market. He has a particular personal interest in paintings on vellum by Northern Italian artists of the 17th century, and drawings of Rome by the Bentveughels and students at the Académie de France à Rome.

Tom is also the managing director of TROIS CRAYONS, a centralising space for all drawing-related activity worldwide, to facilitate and encourage engagement with the historic “father” of the arts.

The gallery has been responsible for the rediscovery of works by

numerous artists, among others:

HIERONYMUS FRANCKEN II (1578-1623), GOTTFRIED DE WEDIG (1583-1641), NICOLAS LAGNEAU (1590-1666),

CORNELIS DE WAEL (1592-1667), ABRAHAM DE VERWER (c.1600-1650), GASPAR DUGHET (1615-1675),

BRODER MATTHIESEN (d.1666), FERDINAND BOL (1616-1680), ALEXANDER MARSHAL (c.1620-1680),

JACQUES COURTOIS (1621-1674), MICHIEL VAN OVERBEEK (c.1650-1719), JAN WYCK (1645-1702),

JONATHAN RICHARDSON Sr. (1667-1745), NICOLAS VLEUGHELS (1668-1737), JEAN-BAPTISTE DESHAYS (1729-1765), ÉTIENNE-PIERRE-ADRIEN GOIS (1731-1823), HUBERT ROBERT (1733-1808), JACOB MORE (1740-1793),

JEAN-MICHEL MOREAU (1741-1814), JAMES NORTHCOTE, R.A. (1746-1831), DAVID ROBERTS, R.A. (1796-1864),

JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS, R.A. (1804-1876), GEORGE RICHMOND, R.A. (1809-1896),

EDWARD LEAR, R.A. (1812-1888), ALICE BOYD (1825–1897),

EUGÈNE CARRIÈRE (1849-1906)

Notable institutions to whom we have sold include the following:

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK

THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, OHIO

THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON, TEXAS

THE GROLIER CLUB LIBRARY, NEW YORK

STATENS MUSEUM FOR KUNST, COPENHAGEN

THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON

THE PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND, LONDON