Benjamin West

Omnia Vincit Amor, or The Power of Love in the Three Elements



Benjamin West - Omnia Vincit Amor, or The Power of Love in the Three Elements



Benjamin West
Omnia Vincit Amor, or The Power of Love in the Three Elements
1809
178.8 x 204.5 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated at lower right: B. West-- 1809--
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1923


Provenance

the artist, until 1820
his sons, Raphael West and Benjamin West Jr., 1820–1829
sale, George Robins, London, 25 May 1829, nr. 143
Henry Bone, 1829–1834
his son, Henry P. Bone
sale, Christie's, London, 12 Mar. 1847, nr. 124
with W. (I.?) Smith, London, 1847
held by Arthur E.S. Seguin, Philadelphia, by 1851–died 1852
held by his wife, Ann Childe Seguin, New York, 1852–died 1888
held by her daughter, Maria C. Seguin, New York, 1888–died ?
her nephew's widow, Clara (Mrs. Edward S.R.) Seguin, New York, by 1923
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External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 95.22.1

Other works by Benjamin West


Benjamin West Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
1775

Benjamin West Portrait of George, Prince of Wales, and Prince Frederick, later Duke of York
Portrait of George, Prince of Wales, and Prince Frederick, later Duke of York
1778

Benjamin West Hagar and Ishmael
Hagar and Ishmael
1776, reworked 1803

Benjamin West The Damsel and Orlando
The Damsel and Orlando
c. 1793

Benjamin West Moses Shown the Promised Land
Moses Shown the Promised Land
1801