Benjamin West
St. Peter's First Sermon in the City of Jerusalem

ArtistAmerican, active England, 1738–1820
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • St. Peter's First Sermon in the City of Jerusalem
Datec. 1785
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 36 × 28 in. (91.4 × 71.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Long Endowment for American Art
Object number2018.126
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
106 Cameron Gallery
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Department
American Art
Object Type
ProvenanceOffered by West’s Sons to the United States in 1826 (Document No. 8, 19th Congress, 2nd Session, House of Representatives, included among “Original Designs in Chiaro Scuro for the large Pictures which were painted for his late Majesty’s Chapel in Windsor Castle”), and sold by them, Robins, London, May 22-25, 1829, lot 127; bought by “Hayes”; E. and A Silberman Galleries, New York (c. 1949-62); Graham Gallery, New York, 1962-1991; Private Collection, New York, 1991- present; [Driscoll Babcock Gallery, New York]
Exhibition HistoryExhibition, 125 Pall Mall, London, 1814, No. 3

Exhibition, 125 Pall Mall, London, 1818, No. 5

West’s Gallery, 14 Newman Street, London, 1821 (St. Peter’s First Sermon (A Sketch)), No. 57.

Long-Term Loan, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (August 1991 – April 2015, #L.1991.78.1)

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Catalogue raisonnéHelmut Von Erffa and Allen Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986), no. 386 (illustrated).

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