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 set up Nonesuch in 2020, with the aim of providing quality, thoroughly-researched and above all interesting pictures to established collectors, institutional collections, and first-time buyers. We also 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 exhibit as part of London Art Week, and will be participating in 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 trade. He has a particular personal interest in paintings on vellum by Northern Italian artists of the 17th century, the work of Charles Percier and his colleagues, and drawings of Rome by the Bentveughels and students at the

Académie de France à Rome.

 

Tom was also previously 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: 

​

GIOVANNI DA UDINE (1487-1564), LAMBERT VAN NOORT (1520-1571), IACOPO PALMA IL GIOVANE (1544-1628),

SEBASTIEN VRANCX (1573-1647), HIERONYMUS FRANCKEN II (1578-1623), GOTTFRIED DE WEDIG (1583-1641),

NICOLAS LAGNEAU (1590-1666), GIOVANNA GARZONI (1600-1670), ABRAHAM DE VERWER (c.1600-1650),

GASPARD DUGHET (1615-1675), ALEXANDER MARSHAL (c.1620-1680), CARLO MARATTA (1625-1713), 

WILLEM SCHELLINKS (1627-1678), JONATHAN RICHARDSON Sr. (1667-1745), NICOLAS VLEUGHELS (1668-1737), 

JEAN-BAPTISTE DESHAYS (1729-1765), HUBERT ROBERT (1733-1808), JACOB MORE (1740-1793), 

JEAN-MICHEL MOREAU LE JEUNE (1741-1814), ABRAHAM-LOUIS-RODOLPHE DUCROS (1748-1810),

FRANZ LUDWIG CATEL (1778-1856), DAVID ROBERTS, R.A. (1796-1864), JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS, R.A. (1804-1876),

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

KLASSIK STIFTUNG WEIMAR, GERMANY

THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON

THE PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND, LONDON

ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

PARHAM PARK TRUST, SUSSEX

MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE CARCASSONNE

MUSÉE EUGÈNE-CARRIÈRE, PARIS

GREAT BANYAN ART, NEW DELHI

                            

​

​