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

ArtistAmerican, active England, 1738–1820
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • St. Peter's First Sermon in the City of Jerusalem II
Datec. 1785
MediumOil on paper mounted to canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 23 1/4 × 17 15/16 in. (59 × 45.5 cm)
Frame (inner): 22 5/16 × 17 1/8 in. (56.7 × 43.5 cm)
Frame (outer): 32 5/16 × 27 3/16 × 4 1/8 in. (82 × 69 × 10.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Honorable Joseph P. Carroll, KM and Prof. Roberta L. Carroll, MD
Object number2020.216
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
106 Cameron Gallery
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Department
American Art
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate Collection, Paris, France, by 2005; Hotel Drouot – Richelieu: Marielle Digard, Succession Madame D., 11 April 2005, lot 2; Carroll Family Collection, New York, 2005-present.
Exhibition HistoryLoan, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, exhibited October 2005 – April 2015 (TR.464.2005)
Catalogue raisonnéHelmut Von Erffa and Allen Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986)

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