Esau and Jacob Presented to Isaac, (painting).

Esau and Jacob Presented to Isaac, (painting).

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820, painter.

Esau and Jacob Presented to Isaac, (painting).

Revealed Religion: Esau and Jacob Presented to Isaac, (painting).

Birth of Isaac's Two Sons, Esau and Jacob, (painting).

Digital Reference:

72 x 101 in. (182.9 x 256.5 cm)

Religion -- Old Testament -- Isaac

Religion -- Old Testament -- Esau

Religion -- Old Testament -- Jacob

Bob Jones University, Art Gallery and Museum, Greenville, South Carolina 29614 Accession Number: P.63.322

Gift of Dwoskin, Harry and Oscar, 1963.

One of seven paintings from a series on "Revealed Religion" painted by West for the projected chapel in Windsor Castle as commissioned by King George III. However, because of the deterioration of the King's mind, the project was never completed. In the Burlington Magazine, March 1967, on sale page of Christie's, is a West drawing that shows his planned arrangement of the paintings in the chapel.

Bob Jones University, 1988.

Dillenberger, John, "Benjamin West: The Context of His Life's Work," San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1977.

Art Journal (College Art Association), Winter 1963.

Dillenberger, John, "Benjamin West: The Context of His Life's Work," San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1977, fig. 40, pg. 64.

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

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