Phillip Medhurst

Wisdom from a Gnostic Sage

Category: Christianity

049  Christ heals the sick

Christ heals the sick. c1780 – 1781. Oil on canvas. 90.5 cm x 69.8 cms. The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. An early design for the decoration of Windsor Castle chapel.

048  John the Baptist baptising Jesus

John the Baptist baptising Jesus. c1794, signed 1797. Oil on canvas. 148 x 115 ins. War Memorial Chapel, Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A.

047  St John the Baptist

John the Baptist. Date. 28 May 1796. Print. Line engraving, engraved by John Landseer. Published by Thomas Macklin (1752/3 – 1800). 308 mm x 258 mms. Royal Academy of Arts Collection.

046  John the Baptist

John the Baptist. Signed and dated 1787 21 x 13 ins (53 x 32cms). Black chalk drawing on sheet of buff paper. It appears to be a preparatory study of a large scale oil painted in order to be engraved for the Macklin Bible (c1793). (Location of this drawing and related painting unknown). This painting, […]

045  The Infant John the Baptist

The Infant John the Baptist. 21 December 1781. Mezzotint print. 233 x 190 mms. Engraved and published by Valentine Green in London. (Location of original painting unknown.) Royal Academy of Arts collection.

044  Simeon with the infant Jesus

Simeon with the infant Jesus. c1796. Oil on canvas. 121.92 cms (48 ins) x 90.49 cms (35.63 ins). Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan.

043  Virgin with Jesus and John the Baptist

The Virgin Mary with Jesus and John the Baptist. c1760-1762. Oil on canvas. Height: 205 cms (80.71 ins), width: 144 cms (56.69 ins). Ferens Art Gallery, Hull.

042  The Wise Men's Offerings

The Wise Men’s Offerings. 1799. Oil on canvas. 27 x 22 ins (68.5 x 56 cms);33¾ x 29¼ ins (85.7 x 74.3 cms). Private collection. This painting relates, with differences, to West’s composition for the window for St. George’s Chapel, Windsor which was installed in 1796. The window has since been removed, but the composition […]

041  The Wise Men's Offerings

The Wise Men’s Offerings. Oil on Canvas. 128.9 x 58.4 cms (50.7 x 23 ins). A cartoon painted for a window in St. George’s Chapel Windsor, installed in 1796. From 1779 to 1801 West became involved with the large-scale restoration of this Chapel, and windows were installed in the quire aisles. The designs were drawn […]

040  The Nativity

The Nativity. c1796. Location unknown. Probably a studio painting based on the cartoon for the glass window made for the Royal Chapel at Windsor.