Benjamin WestAmerican, 1738–1820Moses Shown the Promised Land
Can I see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “Moses Shown the Promised Land” now? The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 717, New York. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Room717New York, United States
Open now· until 9:00 PM
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 69.73
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0)
In the life of Benjamin West
The whole life1792–1805
Post: President of the Royal Academy of Arts
c. 1801
Without royal patronage: large religious paintings
Having lost royal patronage (he held the court post until 1801), West begins a series of large-scale religious works. The first, “Christ Healing the Sick”, intended as a gift to Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, is instead sold for £3,000 to the British Institution, which presents it to the National Gallery; West then makes a copy to send to Philadelphia.
1802
Visit to Paris
West visits Paris.
