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Benjamin West
Born in Pennsylvania, studied art abroad, worked mostly in England. His well-executed paintings of mythological and historical subjects are found in major collections; his portraits includeMary Hopkinson(c. 1764) and a finalSelf-Portrait(1819), both at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.Charles Sullivan, edAmerican Beauties: Women in Art and Literature(New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with National Museum of American Art, 1993)
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Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus$846.50
36"w x 24"h
Multiple Sizes
Benjamin West
Omnia Vincit Amor or The Power of Love in the Three Elements$287.90
16"w x 16"h
Multiple Sizes
Benjamin West
Portrait of George, Prince of Wales, and Prince Frederick, later Duke of York$222.50
12"w x 18"h
Multiple Sizes
Benjamin West
Benjamin West: Transform your walls with the monumental, sweeping, profoundly influential 18th-century Anglo-American Neoclassical history masterpieces of Benjamin West.