Jeremiah Dictating His Prophecy of the Destruction of Jerusalem to Baruch the Scribe Artist: Washington Allston (American, 1779–1843)

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

89 3/8 × 74 3/4 in. (227 × 189.9 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Samuel F. B. Morse, B.A. 1810, M.A. 1816, LL.D. 1846

Accession Number

1866.1

Culture
Period

19th century

Classification
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Bibliography
  • American Art: Selections from the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2023), 18–19, fig. 10
  • Susan B. Matheson, Art for Yale: A History of the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2001), 40–41, fig. 35
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Object/Work type

religious art

Signed

Signed verso "W. Allston, A.R.A./1820"

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