Benjamin West
1738-1820
Pastoral Landscape with Figures, after Castiglione
1783
14 x 20 3/4 inches (355 x 542 mm)
Pen and black ink, brown wash, blue watercolor, over faint indications in black chalk, on paper faded to light brown.
1979.38
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Davis.
Notes
Watermark: indecipherable through lining.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower right, "B West 1783".
Associated names
Davis, Leroy, former owner.
Davis, Leroy, Mrs., former owner.
Davis, Leroy, Mrs., former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 222.
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