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Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael
Benjamin Westc. 1770
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
West was the first American artist to study in Italy, where he spent three years before permanently settling in London. He so admired the artistic ideals of the Italian Renaissance master Raphael that he named his eldest son after him, and he imitated Raphael’s celebrated Madonna of the Chair when composing this tender double portrait of his wife and child.
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- Title: Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael
- Creator: Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820)
- Date Created: c. 1770
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 88 x 87.5 x 9 cm (34 5/8 x 34 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 66.5 x 66.3 cm (26 3/16 x 26 1/8 in.)
- Provenance: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, Edward S. Harkness [1874-1940], New York, NY, to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Mary Warden Harkness [1864-1916], New York, NY, by bequest to her brother-in-law Edward S. Harkness, Charles W. Harkness [1860-1916], New York, NY, by bequest to his wife Mary Warden Harkness1, (M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY, sold to Charles W. Harkness), Henry J. Pfungst [1844-1917], Cleveland Square, London, Castle Smith, London, Grandson of Benjamin West, Jr., to his widow, Benjamin West, Jr. [1772-1848], to his grandson, Benjamin West [1738-1820], London, to his son, Benjamin West, Jr.
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.393
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Fun Fact: Born in colonial America, West eventually became a court painter to George III of England.
- Department: American Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: America, 18th century
- Credit Line: The Charles W. Harkness Gift
- Collection: American - Painting
- Accession Number: 1927.393
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