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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Three Figures from Michelangelo's Deluge, Sistine Chapel
Pen and brown ink, and black chalk on pink-brown prepared paper.
17 3/8 x 23 inches (440 x 587 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:245
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Inscribed in pen and brown ink, "2 figures in ye ["e" superscript] Deluge of M. Angelo -".
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:
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. 200.
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