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

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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

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Department

American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

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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