The Conversion of Saint Paul (centre); Saint Paul Persecuting the Christians (left); and Ananias Restoring Saint Paul’s Sight (right). St Paul’s Church Birmingham (England) east window. Glass painted by Francis Eginton.
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Wisdom from a Gnostic Sage
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The Conversion of Saint Paul (center); Saint Paul Persecuting the Christians (left); and Ananias Restoring Saint Paul’s Sight (right). c 1786. Oil on canvas. Framed dimensions: 58 x 49 ins (147.32 x 124.46 cms). Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas. This is the earliest and smallest of two versions of the subject by West. (He […]
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Ananias Restoring Saint Paul’s Sight (right panel of The Conversion of Saint Paul). 1786. Oil on canvas. Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, Amherst. Paul is baptized as a Christian and his sight is restored. The painting is one of two large, finished studies West created (the other is in the Dallas Museum of […]
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Saint Paul Persecuting the Christians (left panel of The Conversion of Saint Paul). 1786. Oil on canvas. Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, Amherst. Paul is presented as a Roman soldier who persecuted Christians. The painting is one of two large, finished studies West created (the other is in the Dallas Museum of Art) […]
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The Conversion of Saint Paul (centre); Saint Paul Persecuting the Christians (left); and Ananias Restoring Saint Paul’s Sight (right). 1786. Oil on canvas. All panels together: 56 x 54 ins; 142.24 x 137.16 cms. Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, Amherst. In the left panel, Paul is presented as a Roman soldier who persecuted […]
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Devout Men Taking the Body of Saint Stephen. 1776. Oil on canvas. Height x width (including semi-circle): 224 7/16 x 125 9/16 ins (570 x 319 cms). It was commissioned in 1776 by the Rector of St. Stephen Walbrook, London, for installation over the altar on the east wall. In 2013 it went from the […]
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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.
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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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