A Benjamin West discovery : a missing portrait of the painter's wife and son identified

Author

Cohen, Ronald

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Apollo. 1991, Num. 349, Vol. 133, p. 171-173, 6 ill. (1 col.)

ISSN

0003-6536

Abstract (en)

Publishes a hitherto unknown version of West's Mrs. Benjamin West and Her Son Raphael (private collection). Dates the work ca.1767, making it the first of the four known versions. West's painting is based on Raphael's 1514 Madonna della Sedia (Florence, Palazzo Pitti).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United Kingdom
• West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
• Painting
• Mrs. Benjamin West and Her Son Raphael
• Collections
• Great Britain
• 1700-1800
• Portraits
• West, Elizabeth Shewell, 1741-1814
• West, Raphael Lamar, 1766-1850
• Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520
• Madonna della Sedia
• Palazzo Pitti||Firenze (ITA)
• Italy

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Royaume-Uni
• West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
• Peinture
• Mrs. Benjamin West et son fils Raphael
• Collections
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1700-1800
• Portrait
• West, Elizabeth Shewell, 1741-1814
• West, Raphael Lamar, 1766-1850
• Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520
• Madonna della Sedia
• Palazzo Pitti||Firenze (ITA)
• Italie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00419680

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