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This tumultuous scene shows Adam and Eve, the first man and woman in the Hebrew Bible, being driven out of the Garden of Eden. Benjamin West created it as a preparatory sketch for one of several large paintings intended for a chapel in Windsor Castle, an ancient seat of the British monarchy that was undergoing restoration in the late 18th century. West worked on the project for two decades, but King George III abandoned plans for the chapel’s decoration and the paintings were never installed.
One of the earliest American artists to achieve international renown, West spent much of his career in London. There, he served as a teacher and mentor to a generation of younger American artists who trained abroad, including Rembrandt Peale and Thomas Sully.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 72 × 48 Cm |
| Tags | Adam (Biblical)snakeskynudesEve (Biblical)cloudsbiblicalanimalsangelsgardensketch |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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“A Correct Catalogue of the Works of Benjamin West, Esq.,” La Belle Assemblée, or Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine 4
“A Correct Catalogue of the Works of Benjamin West, Esq.,” La Belle Assemblée, or Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine 4 (1808), suppl., p. 17.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The Thomas B. Clarke Collection of American Pictures, 1891, no. 192.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The Thomas B. Clarke Collection of American Pictures, 1891, no. 192.
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by descent to his sons, Raphael Lamar West and Benjamin West Jr.
by descent to his sons, Raphael Lamar West and Benjamin West Jr.
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“Biographical Sketch of Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy, Etc., Etc.” Universal Magazine 3
“Biographical Sketch of Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy, Etc., Etc.” Universal Magazine 3 (June, 1805), p. 530.
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London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1805, no. 86.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1805, no. 86.
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John Galt, The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy of London, vol. 2
John Galt, The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy of London, vol. 2 (London, 1820), p. 229.
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Chicago, World’s Columbian Exposition, Exhibit of Private Collections, 1893, no. 2861b.
Chicago, World’s Columbian Exposition, Exhibit of Private Collections, 1893, no. 2861b.
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sold by Avery to Thomas B....
sold by Avery to Thomas B. Clarke, New York, by 1891
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Joel Barlow, The Columbiad: A Poem
Joel Barlow, The Columbiad: A Poem (Philadelphia, 1807), p. 435 n. 45 (list of West’s works).
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London, West’s Gallery, 1822, no. 73.
London, West’s Gallery, 1822, no. 73.
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Benjamin West (d....
Benjamin West (d. 1820)
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“Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy, Etc.,” in Public Characters of 1805
“Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy, Etc.,” in Public Characters of 1805 (London, 1805), p. 566.
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bequeathed to the George F....
bequeathed to the George F. Harding Museum, Chicago
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sold by Newhouse to George F....
sold by Newhouse to George F. Harding, Jr. (d. 1939), Chicago, 1926
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New York, Brooklyn Museum, Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Benjamin West and of Engravings Representing His Work, 1922, no. 23.
New York, Brooklyn Museum, Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Benjamin West and of Engravings Representing His Work, 1922, no. 23.
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Harry W....
Harry W. Watrous to at least 1922 [lent by him to the Brooklyn Museum exhibition 1922]
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Malcolm Warner in Susan Wise and Malcolm Warner, French and British Paintings from 1600 to 1800 in The Art Institute of Chicago
Malcolm Warner in Susan Wise and Malcolm Warner, French and British Paintings from 1600 to 1800 in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1996), pp. 301–05, ill.
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Cynthia J. Mills in Ellen Miles, American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art: Systematic Catalogue
Cynthia J. Mills in Ellen Miles, American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art: Systematic Catalogue (Washington, D.C., 1995), pp. 335–36, fig. 1.
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sold by Watrous to M....
sold by Watrous to M. A. Newhouse and Son, St. Louis [letter of 15 April, 1994 from Joan Pope of Newhourse Galleries in curatorial file]
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Helmut von Erffa and Allen Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West
Helmut von Erffa and Allen Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West (New Haven and London, 1986), pp. 286–87, no. 233, ill., p. 581.
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sold Robins, London, May 22–25, 1829, no....
sold Robins, London, May 22–25, 1829, no. 88, to Hayes for 43 gns [von Erffa and Staley 1986, p. 286, no. 233]. Possibly Henry Graves and Son, London [information on mount of a photograph at the Frick Art Reference Library]. Samuel Putnam Avery, New York
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sold American Art Galleries, New York, February 14–18, 1899, no....
sold American Art Galleries, New York, February 14–18, 1899, no. 355, to Harry W. Watrous for $200 [von Erffa and Staley 1986, p. 286, no. 233]
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Nancy L. Pressly, Revealed Religion: Benjamin West’s Commissions for Windsor Castle and Fonthill Abbey, exh. cat.
Nancy L. Pressly, Revealed Religion: Benjamin West’s Commissions for Windsor Castle and Fonthill Abbey, exh. cat. (San Antonio Museum of Art, 1983), under no. 7.
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transferred to the Art Institute, 1982.
transferred to the Art Institute, 1982.
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John Dillenberger, Benjamin West: The Context of His Life’s Work with Particular Attention to Paintings with Religious Subject Matter
John Dillenberger, Benjamin West: The Context of His Life’s Work with Particular Attention to Paintings with Religious Subject Matter (San Antonio, Texas, 1977), pp. 62, 174, 196, 201, 206, 214, fig. 36.
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Jerry D. Meyer, “Benjamin West’s Chapel of Revealed Religion: A Study in Eighteenth-Century Religious Art,” Art Bulletin 57
Jerry D. Meyer, “Benjamin West’s Chapel of Revealed Religion: A Study in Eighteenth-Century Religious Art,” Art Bulletin 57 (1975), p. 264.
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