Study for The Woman Clothed with the Sun
Study for The Woman Clothed with the Sun
Study for The Woman Clothed with the Sun
Study for The Woman Clothed with the Sun

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Study for The Woman Clothed with the Sun,

ca. 1797

Benjamin West, 1738–1820; born Springfield [now Swarthmore], PA; died London, England
2008-1

Information

Title
Study for The Woman Clothed with the Sun
Dates

ca. 1797

Maker
Benjamin West
Medium
Black and white chalk
Dimensions
28.3 x 20 cm (11 1/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Kathleen Compton Sherrerd Fund for Acquisitions in American Art
Object Number
2008-1
Signatures
Signed in black chalk, lower right: B. West
Culture
American
Type
drawings, studies (visual works), oil paintings
Materials
paper (fiber product), chalk, black chalk
Subject
figures (representations), women

The artist's family, and by decent to Mrs. P. Howard; Sotheby's, London 22 March 1979, part of lot 9, where purchased by previous owner (See reference Bib. 5238);

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