Christ Blessing Little Children. 1781. oil on canvas. 116.6 cms (45.91 ins) x 214.9 cms (84.61 ins). Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, London.
Phillip Medhurst
Wisdom from a Gnostic Sage
Tag: Benjamin West
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Christ heals the sick in the Temple. 1815. Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia. Owing to the acclaim achieved by a previous version, West painted this one. Completed in 1815, with an improved plan of composition, it arrived at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1817.
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Christ heals the sick in the Temple. c1780-1, completed 1811; 9 x 14 feet; destroyed during WW2. This sketch: 1794. Oil on paper mounted on canvas. 28 5/8 x 45 3/8 ins (72.7 x 115.3 cms). Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, California. On its completion in 1811 it was exhibited in London to immense […]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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, […]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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