Phillip Medhurst

A Pilgrimage to Truth

Tag: “Jesus Christ”

057  The Return of the Prodigal Son

The Return of the Prodigal Son. 1772. Oil on canvas. 50 x 40 ins (127 x 102 cms). Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

056  Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven

Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 1775. Oil on canvas. 127 x 100.3 cms. Location unknown.

054  Christ Showing a Little Child as the Emblem of Heaven

Christ showing a little child as the emblem of Heaven. Oil on board. 69 cms (27.17 ins) x 50.5 cms (19.88 ins). Private collection.

053  Christ presenting a little child

Christ presenting a little child. 1801. Oil on canvas. 216 cms (85.04 ins) x 186.7 cms (73.5 ins). The Foundling Museum, London.

052  Christ Blessing Little Children

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.

051  Christ heals the Sick and Blind etc. in the Temple

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.

050  Christ heals the sick in the Temple

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 […]

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 […]

Phillip Medhurst presents 176/392 the James Tissot Jesus c 1896 The Adulterous Woman Alone with Jesus John 8:9-11. By (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. After a painting now in the Brooklyn Museum, New York; chromolithograph from “La Vie de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ … . avec des notes et des dessins explicatifs par J. James […]

Phillip Medhurst presents 177/392 the James Tissot Jesus c 1896 The Canaanite Woman Mark 7:25-30. By (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. After a painting now in the Brooklyn Museum, New York; photogravure from “La Vie de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ … . avec des notes et des dessins explicatifs par J. James Tissot” 1896-97.