Artist
Benjamin West (American, active England, 1738–1820)American, 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
Exposé
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Department
American ArtObject Type
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)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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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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