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The Last Supper. Verso: Sketch of Venus and Cupid, and a seated male nude in a landscape

Benjamin West
1738-1820

The Last Supper. Verso: Sketch of Venus and Cupid, and a seated male nude in a landscape

5 13/16 x 8 1/2 inches (148 x 217 mm)
Black chalk on paper; verso: black chalk.
1970.11:214

Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.

Notes
Compositional sketch for West's 1786 altar painting in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
Associated names
Margary, Harry, former owner.
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. 41, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department