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Sketch for Saint Paul Shaking Off the Viper

Benjamin West, 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.

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Title of artwork, date

Sketch for Saint Paul Shaking Off the Viper, 1786

Date supported

1945

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

129 x 72 cm

Grant

10.5

Total cost

10.5

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