FDA-P.164-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.164-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Simeon, with the Child Jesus in his Arms
The Presentation in the Temple
Simeon and the Child
The Presentation in the Temple
Simeon and the Child
Title Type
assigned by artist
Common name
Common name
Common name
Common name
Comments
Under the headings 'A Catalogue of the Works of Benjamin West', this work is listed as 'Do. [ditto/picture] of Simeon and the Child, as large as life, for the Provost of Eton.'
[Source: Galt, John, 'The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, President of the Royal Academy of London, composted from materials furnished by himself', 1820, p.224]
The location for this work at Eton College is given as 'Lupton's Chapel, E wall' in 'Buckinghamshire' by Nikolaus Pevsner, Elizabeth Williamson and Geoffrey K. Brandwood, published 1994, p.305
A report on the completion of the 1905 Boer War Memorial project, which involved redesigning the east end of College Chapel, included:
"By kind permission of the Provost, [following five words crossed through] in whose Lodge it was, a picture of the "Presentation in the Temple," by Benjamin West, has been hung for approval on the East wall of the Chantry." [From manuscript ref: MISC/EMF/10]
[Source: Galt, John, 'The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, President of the Royal Academy of London, composted from materials furnished by himself', 1820, p.224]
The location for this work at Eton College is given as 'Lupton's Chapel, E wall' in 'Buckinghamshire' by Nikolaus Pevsner, Elizabeth Williamson and Geoffrey K. Brandwood, published 1994, p.305
A report on the completion of the 1905 Boer War Memorial project, which involved redesigning the east end of College Chapel, included:
"By kind permission of the Provost, [following five words crossed through] in whose Lodge it was, a picture of the "Presentation in the Temple," by Benjamin West, has been hung for approval on the East wall of the Chantry." [From manuscript ref: MISC/EMF/10]
Description
Dimensions
height (sight size): 2340mm
width (sight size): 1505mm
width (sight size): 1505mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Classical carved gilt frame
Production
Person
West, Benjamin, 1738 - 1820 (Artist)
Date
c.1772
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned from the artist by Edward Barnard (Provost at Eton 1765–1781)
Exhibited: Royal Academy, London,1772, as 'Simeon, with the Child Jesus in his Arms', catalogue number 271
Exhibited: Royal Academy, London,1772, as 'Simeon, with the Child Jesus in his Arms', catalogue number 271
References
• Erffa, H.V. & Staley, A., 'The Paintings of Benjamin West', Yale, 1986 (p. 332, no. 312)
