About the Artwork
Study for Classical Subject
between 18th and 19th century
Benjamin West
1738-1820
American
Unknown
Pen and brown ink and wash over graphite pencil on off white laid paper
Sheet: 5 3/4 × 4 3/8 inches (14.6 × 11.1 cm) Mount: 11 1/8 × 9 3/16 inches (28.3 × 23.3 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton
67.19
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in pencil, on mount, lower center: Benjamin West. P.R.A. Inscribed, in pen and blue ink, on mount, lower right: 29-3-12 | A Inscribed, in pencil, on mount, center, verso: 29
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton
1967-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Benjamin West, Study for Classical Subject, between 18th and 19th century, pen and brown ink and wash over graphite pencil on off white laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton, 67.19.
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