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Raphael Lamar West
1769-1850
The Angel Announcing the Resurrection to the Marys
Pen and brown ink, over graphite, on oatmeal paper.
6 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches (162 x 265 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:18
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Notes:
The drawing illustrates the biblical passage of Mathew XXVIII. The figure of the angel is indebted in pose and gesture to the same figure in Benjamin West's painting "The Angel of the Lord Announcing the Resurrection to the Marys at the Sepulchre," 1805, now at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
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Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink: "In / 16 - by - 24 / 12 - by 16".
Provenance:
Estate of the artist; by descent; Harry Margary, the great-grandson of Maria West (daughter of Raphael Lamar West, and granddaughter of Benjamin West); Thos. Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London; from whom purchased 60 drawings, 17 June 1964, and 197 drawings, 15 February 1965, by M. Knoedler and Co., Inc.; from whom purchased 257 drawings by the Morgan Library in 1970.
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. 223.
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