Elisha Raising the Son of the Shumanite, (painting).

Elisha Raising the Son of the Shumanite, (painting).

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820, painter.

Elisha Raising the Son of the Shumanite, (painting).

Digital Reference:

40 x 54 in. (101.6 x 137.2 cm).

(Lower left:) B. West began 1765 finished October 10, 1814 signed

Interior scene of Elisha standing at the side of the young son of the Shumanite, the child's mother at his side and the father standing nearby.

Religion -- Old Testament -- Elisha

George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, 220 State Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01103

Coll./Exh. Checklist "19th C American Paintings," 1970.

Flower, Dean, and Francis Murphy, "A Catalogue of American Painting, Water Colors and Drawings (to 1923) in the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum," Springfield, MA: George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, 1976, pg. 77.

Flower, Dean, and Francis Murphy, "A Catalogue of American Painting, Water Colors and Drawings (to 1923) in the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum," Springfield, MA: George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, 1976, pg. 113.

The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

Control Number:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382

Powered by SirsiDynix

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact

SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System