Benjamin West
Seated Woman
About this artwork
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artist:
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title:Seated Woman
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pen and brown ink on paper
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
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accession number:D 1554
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Benjamin West
Benjamin West
West was the first American artist to gain an international reputation, above all for his dramatic history painting. He was born in Pennsylvania and received no formal artistic training. The four years he spent in Italy (1759-63) confirmed his interest in depicting heroic subjects from ancient and...