Joshua commanding the Ark and Congregation to pass the river into the Promised Land. Unpainted. (detail.) Sketch: oil on wood. Panel53.2 x 75.5 x 1 cms panel; 67.7 x 89.5 x 5.6 cms frame. The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Phillip Medhurst
Wisdom from a Gnostic Sage
Tag: American art
Image | May 28, 2022
Moses sees the Promised Land from the top of Mount Abarim and dies. 1801. Unpainted. Sketch: oil on canvas. Height: 50.2 cms (19.7 ins); width: 73 cms (28.7 ins). Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City.
Image | May 27, 2022
Moses showing the Brazen Serpent. 30 August 1793. Print. Line engraving, engraved by John Hall. Published by Thomas Macklin. 310 mm x 247 mm. Royal Academy of Arts collection.
Image | May 27, 2022
Moses Showing the Brazen Serpent. Signed and dated 1787 21 x 13 ins (53 x 32cms). Black chalk drawing on sheet of buff paper. Current location unknown. It appears to be a preparatory study of a large scale oil painting subsequently engraved for the Macklin Bible. The location of the painting is unknown. Together with […]
Image | May 27, 2022
Moses showing the Brazen Serpent to the infirm to be healed. c1790. Oil on canvas.148 x 115 ins. War Memorial Chapel. Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A.
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Moses consecrating Aaron and his sons to the priesthood. c1795. Location of finished painting unknown. Oil sketch: 1795. Oil on canvas. 37.5 x 28.8 ins. Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A. War Memorial Chapel.
Image | May 27, 2022
Moses receiving the Laws on Mount Sinai. 1784. Oil on canvas; 548.6 x 373.3 cm. Parliamentary Art Collection, Palace of Westminster, London. This nearly 18-foot-tall painting was a huge undertaking accomplished with help from Gilbert Stuart and John Trumbull — both of whom are in the composition — who were then studying with West in […]
Image | May 27, 2022
Moses destroying Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea. c1792. Location of finished painting unknown. Sketch: oil on canvas. 96.8 x 76.2 cms (38 1/8 x 30 ins). The Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Image | May 27, 2022
Moses and his brother Aaron before Pharaoh, their Rods turned into Serpents. 1796. Oil on canvas 148 x 115 ins. Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A. War Memorial Chapel.
Image | May 27, 2022
Jacob blessing Ephraim and Manasseh the sons of Joseph. 1766-68. Oil on canvas. 39 7/8 × 51 ins (101.3 × 129.5 cms); frame: 47 5/8 × 58 7/8 × 3 ins (121 × 149.5 × 7.6 cms). Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.A.
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