Sketch for Saint Paul Shaking Off the Viper

Benjamin West (1738 - 1820)

Tate Collection

1786

St Paul shaking off a viper into a fire in one of his first miracles in Malta. Crowds of people around in the moonlight. This is a sketch for the altarpiece at the Royal Naval College chapel in Greenwich, where it still hangs. Signed and dated.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 129 x 72 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £10.5 ( Total: £11)
• ArtFunded in: 1945
• Vendor: Christie's

Provenance

Collection of L W Neeld.

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