Benjamin West
(United States of America 1738–1820)
- Title
- Joshua passing the River Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant
- Other titles:
- Joshua passing the Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant
- Year
- 1800
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
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50.8 x 72.7cm panel; 67.7 x 89.5 x 5.6cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l.c., black oil "B West 1800".
- Credit
- Purchased 1970
- Accession number
- 30.1971
- Location
- 15th–19th c European art
- Provenance (4)
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Sabin Galleries Ltd., London (England), pre 06 Nov 1970, London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Sabin Galleries 1970
Albert, post 22 May 1829, Purchased by Albert, lot 45 'Joshua crossing the Jordan with the Ark'
Robins, 1826-22 May 1829, United States of America, Purchased by Robins at the West sale, lot 113
West (England), 1800-1826, England, Study for a painting intended for King George III. Sold by West's sons to the United States in 1826 (113).
- Bibliography (10)
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Author Unknown (Author), Biblica: The Bible Atlas, 2007, (illus.).
Penelope Curtin (Editor), Regency - British Art & Design 1800-1830, Adelaide, 1998, 29 (colour illus.), 74. cat.no. 127
Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Robert Gaston (Author), European Paintings before 1800 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1989, 50 (illus.). no. 133
Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 211 (illus.).
Helmut von Erffa (Author), Allen Staley (Author), The Paintings of Benjamin West, 1986, 97, 104 (colour illus.), 581. cat. 270
Dillenberger (Author), West, 1977, 65, 70. pl. 47
Art Bulletin 1975, 1975, 264.
Editor Unknown (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Domain, 1972, 18 (colour illus.).
West's Gallery (England), A catalogue of pictures painted by the late Benjamin West, Esq. president of the Royal Academy, 1822. cat.no. 110
Life of West 1820, 1820, 211, 230.
- Exhibition history (4)
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Royal Academy of Arts, 1801, Royal Academy of Arts, 1801–1801.
Unknown, West's Gallery 1821, West's Gallery, 1821–1821.
Pictures painted by the late Benjamin West, Esq., West's Gallery, 1822–1822.
Regency - British Art & Design 1800-1830, Art Gallery of South Australia, 08 Apr 1998–14 Jun 1998.
