COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1927.393
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CMA_.1927.393
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
1999
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1999
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Paintings
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Paintings
Object Type
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Creator Name:
West, Benjamin
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West, Benjamin
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Creator Nationality:
North American; American
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North American; American
Creator Nationality
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Creator Role:
artist
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artist
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
1738 - 1820
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1738 - 1820
Creator Dates/Places
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Gender:
M
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M
Gender
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Creator Name-CRT:
Benjamin West
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Benjamin West
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Mrs. West with Raphael West
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Mrs. West with Raphael West
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
c. 1770
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c. 1770
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1765
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1765
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1775
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1775
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas
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oil on canvas
Materials and Techniques
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Dimensions:
Unframed: 66.5cm x 66.3cm
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Unframed: 66.5cm x 66.3cm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
1927.393
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1927.393
ID Number
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Credit Line:
The Charles W. Harkness Gift
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The Charles W. Harkness Gift
Credit Line
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
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Provenance:
West family. Castle Smith, London (1909). Henry Pfungst, London. (Knoedler). Charles Harkness, New York. Mary Warden Harkness. Edward S. Harkness.
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West family. Castle Smith, London (1909). Henry Pfungst, London. (Knoedler). Charles Harkness, New York. Mary Warden Harkness. Edward S. Harkness.
Provenance
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Context:
West so admired the artistic ideals associated with the Italian Renaissance master Raphael that he both named his eldest son after him and imitated Raphael's celebrated Madonna of the Chair when composing this tender double portrait of his wife and child. With this allusion, West not only declared a kinship with great painters of the past, but also implied that Mrs. West shared with the Virgin Mary such qualities as chastity and modesty. This is one of at least five versions of this composition, one ofwhich West exhibited in 1770 at the newly founded, prestigious English Royal Academy.
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West so admired the artistic ideals associated with the Italian Renaissance master Raphael that he both named his eldest son after him and imitated Raphael's celebrated Madonna of the Chair when composing this tender double portrait of his wife and child. With this allusion, West not only declared a kinship with great painters of the past, but also implied that Mrs. West shared with the Virgin Mary such qualities as chastity and modesty. This is one of at least five versions of this composition, one ofwhich West exhibited in 1770 at the newly founded, prestigious English Royal Academy.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1927.393.tif
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CMA_.1927.393.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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