The Three Marys at the Sepulchre
Benjamin West (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1738 - London 1820)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1783
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1574 x 838 mm (62 x 33 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1298272
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Three Marys at the Sepulchre by Benjamin West PRA (Swarthmore 1738 - London 1820), 1783. The picture shows the three Marys walking to the Sepulchre. The design for the right-hand light of West's great east window in St George's Chapel, Windsor.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874 - 1958) to the National Trust with the house, gardens and contents of Tatton Park
Makers and roles
Benjamin West (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1738 - London 1820), artist
References
Von Erffa & Staley 1986 Helmut von Erffa & Allen Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West, New Haven & London 1986, pp.368-9, no.367