Saint Peter released from prison. 1800. Oil on paper mounted on wood panel. 36.1 cms (14.2 ins) x 27.9 cms (11 ins). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
Phillip Medhurst
Wisdom from a Gnostic Sage
Category: Benjamin West
Image | May 31, 2022
Saint Peter released from prison. 1812. Location unknown. This work is a preliminary study for a larger painting (now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) that was commissioned by Sir George Beaumont as the altarpiece for the parish church at Coleorton, Leicestershire, the country seat of the Beaumont family.
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Peter’s first Sermon (Peter preaching at Pentecost). Painted 1785, signed 1795. Oil on canvas. 148 X 116 ins. War Memorial Chapel, Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A.
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The Messiah. 1814. Oil on panel; 129.5 x 99.5 cms, 51 x 39 1/4 ins. Location unknown.
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The Ascension. Date unknown. Oil on canvas. Last documented at the Rafael Valls Gallery, London.
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The Ascension. 1801. Oil on canvas. 49 1/2 ins (125.7300 cms) x 34 ins (86.3600 cms). Berger Collection Educational Trust; gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2018. The picture was never installed in the Royal Chapel, and West returned to the subject two decades later, producing this picture. As was his practice, he created it […]
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The Ascension. 1781-2. 18 x 9.5 ft. (211 x 114 ins) Oil on canvas. War Memorial Chapel, Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A. For the Royal Chapel Windsor.
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The Incredulity of St Thomas. Oil on canvas. 96.5 x 127 cms. Temple Newsam House, Leeds.
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The Angel at the Tomb of Christ, 1813. Oil on canvas, 16 x 11 3/16 x 1/8 in. (40.6 x 28.4 x 0.3 cm), frame: 26 x 21 1/2 in. (66 x 54.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Madison Avenue, New York.
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The angel announces the resurrection of Jesus.1805. Oil on panel. Brooklyn Museum, New York City.
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