Phillip Medhurst

Wisdom from a Gnostic Sage

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018  Moses receiving the Laws on Mount Sinai

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 […]

01  A design for the Chapel of Revealed Religion

c. 1780. Pen and ink, watercolour and body colour. 27.5 x 24.8 cm (sheet of paper). For the wall paintings for the Chapel planned by George III at Windsor Castle. At the centre, Moses receiving the tablets on Mount Sinai, with a scene of the Last Supper below. West enjoyed many years of patronage under […]


By a follower of (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. Gouache on board.


By a follower of (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. Gouache on board. 

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