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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Pastoral Landscape with Figures, after Castiglione
1783
Pen and black ink, brown wash, blue watercolor, over faint indications in black chalk, on paper faded to light brown.
14 x 20 3/4 inches (355 x 542 mm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Davis.
1979.38
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Watermark: indecipherable through lining.
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Signed and dated at lower right, "B West 1783".
Provenance:
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Davis.
Associated names:
Davis, Leroy, 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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