Art Institute of Chicago
The Death of Procris
Benjamin West (American, active England, 1738–1820)LinkedCulture matchlcp-6dfc1f4f3513
- Date
- 1770, retouched 1803
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Culture
- England
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 57148
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- Credit line
- Gift of William O. Cole
- Provenance
- Benjamin West (died 1820); by descent to his sons, Raphael Lamar West and Benjamin West Jr.; sold Robins, London, May 22–25, 1829, lot 63, to W. J. Ward for 34 gns [Von Erffa and Staley 1986 and Algernon Graves, Art Sales, vol. 3 (London, 1921), p. 329]. Mrs. Albert F. West, wife of the artist’s great-grandson; sold Christie’s London, March 18–19, 1898, lot 133. William O. Cole, given to the Art Institute, 1900.
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- Object type
- AAT300033618
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English Portrait MiniaturesA collection of portrait miniatures from 17th-18th century England, predominantly featuring watercolor on ivory or graphite and wash techniques, representing the tradition of intimate personal portraiture in miniature fo
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