About the Artwork
The Baptism of Christ
1813
Benjamin West
1738-1820
American
Unknown
Pen and brush and ink over graphite pencil on paper
Sheet: 5 7/8 × 9 inches (14.9 × 22.9 cm) Mount: 10 × 13 3/16 inches (25.4 × 33.5 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
City of Detroit Purchase
48.212
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed and dated, in pen and brown ink, lower left: B. West 1813
Inscribed, in pencil, on mount, lower left: 1653 Inscribed, in pen and brown ink, on mount, center, verso: The Baptism of Our Savior | A design for one of the Pictures, which was painted by | Command of His Majesty George the Third for his intended | Chapel in Windsor Castle [underscore] Benj.. West Inscribed, in pencil, on mount, lower left, center, verso: Produce of England Inscribed, in pencil, on mount, lower left corner, verso: a52278
Stamped, in black ink, on mount, lower left: Sir Robert Witt (Lugt suppl. 2228b)
Provenance
1948-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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von Erffa, H., Staley, A. The Paintings of Benjamin West. New Haven & London, 1986, p. 337.
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Benjamin West, The Baptism of Christ, 1813, pen and brush and ink over graphite pencil on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 48.212.
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