About the Artwork
Dido Surprised at the Departure of Aeneas
between 18th and 19th century
Benjamin West
1738-1820
American
Unknown
Pen and brown ink and wash on paper
Sheet: 5 3/8 × 5 15/16 inches (13.7 × 15.1 cm) Mount: 7 5/8 × 8 1/8 inches (19.4 × 20.6 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
City of Detroit Purchase
48.210
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in pen and brown ink, on mount, center, verso: Benj..West
Inscribed, in blue pencil, on mount, center top, verso: WCA 1058 Inscribed, in pen and brown ink, on mount, center, verso: Dido Surprised at the Departure of Aneas Inscribed, in pencil, on mount, lower left, verso: 677 Produce of England
Stamped, in black ink, on mount, lower right, verso: 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. 230.
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Benjamin West, Dido Surprised at the Departure of Aeneas, between 18th and 19th century, pen and brown ink and wash on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 48.210.
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