Benjamin West
1738-1820
Drapery Study for a Seated Woman
18 7/8 x 11 15/16 inches (480 x 303 mm)
Black chalk on blue-gray paper.
1970.11:166
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
Possibly a preliminary study for "Agrippina and Her Children Mourning over the Ashes of Germanicus", 1773, John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida.
Associated names
Margary, Harry, former owner.
Charles, Robert H., Mrs., donor.
Charles, Robert H., Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Kraemer, Ruth S. Drawings by Benjamin West and His Son, Raphael Lamar West. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 4.
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