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Artists›Benjamin West

Benjamin West

1738–1820

WA-00016956

Swarthmore, PA, United States

PaintingRomanticismNeoclassicism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

133

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ313498

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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American Battle Painting 1776�1918

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

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Romantic Painting in America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943–1944

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Movement

Romanticism

Medium

Painting

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

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Artworks (91)

Self-Portrait

1819 · oil on paperboard

32 3/8 x 25 5/8 in. (82.2 x 65.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Telemachus and Calypso

1809 · oil on canvas

overall: 104.1 × 149.2 cm (41 × 58 3/4 in.) framed: 125.73 × 149.23 cm (49 1/2 × 58 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Omnia Vincit Amor, or The Power of Love in the Three Elements

1809 · Oil on canvas

70 3/8 x 80 1/2 in. (178.8 x 204.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Angel at the Tomb of Christ

1809 · Pen and iron-gall ink on white laid paper

4 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (11.4 x 9.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Omnia Vincit Amor, or The Power of Love in the Three Elements

1809 · Oil on canvas

70 3/8 x 80 1/2 in. (178.8 x 204.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Adoration of the Shepherds

1805 · pen and brown ink with brown wash and blue gouache heightened with white on wove paper mounted to board

image: 22.9 × 32.9 cm (9 × 12 15/16 in.) sheet: 34.7 × 44.7 cm (13 11/16 × 17 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Angel of the Resurrection, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

1803 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in brown on cream wove paper

Image/primary support: 32.2 × 23 cm (12 11/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Secondary support: 49 × 37.5 cm (19 5/16 × 14 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

This is my Beloved Son

1802 · lithograph

plate: 31.43 × 22.23 cm (12 3/8 × 8 3/4 in.) sheet: 32.7 × 23.81 cm (12 7/8 × 9 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Angel of the Resurrection

1801 · pen-and-tusche lithograph

sheet: 32.39 × 22.86 cm (12 3/4 × 9 in.)

National Gallery of Art

WattsOS

Moses Shown the Promised Land

1801 · Oil on wood

19 3/4 x 28 3/4 in. (50.2 x 73 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Moses Shown the Promised Land

1801 · Oil on wood

19 3/4 x 28 3/4 in. (50.2 x 73 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Specimens of Polyautography: The Angel at the Tomb of Christ

1801 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Flight into Egypt

1800 · pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white gouache, on laid paper

image: 22.23 × 16.83 cm (8 3/4 × 6 5/8 in.) sheet: 22.86 × 16.83 cm (9 × 6 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Maria Hamilton Beckford (Mrs. William Beckford)

1799 · oil on canvas

overall: 146 x 115 cm (57 1/2 x 45 1/4 in.) framed: 177.8 x 146.7 x 10.2 cm (70 x 57 3/4 x 4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Figures in Landscape

1798 · Iron gall ink over graphite, on ivory laid paper tipped onto cream wove paper

25.6 × 20.5 cm (10 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Elizabeth, Countess of Effingham

1797 · oil on canvas

overall: 146.3 x 115.6 cm (57 5/8 x 45 1/2 in.) framed: 178.1 x 147 x 10.2 cm (70 1/8 x 57 7/8 x 4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Crucifixion

1796 · pen and brown and black ink with blue, black, and red chalk on laid paper

sheet (approximate): 29.2 x 24.4 cm (11 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Disobedient Prophet

1793 · pen and black ink with wash heightened with blue and cream oil paint over chalk

overall: 30.2 x 49.8 cm (11 7/8 x 19 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

View from the Terrace at Windsor

1792 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 283 x 371 mm frame: 380 x 470 x 54 mm

Tate

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise

1791 · oil on canvas

overall: 186.8 x 278.1 cm (73 9/16 x 109 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

British Manufactory; A Sketch

1791 · oil on paper mounted on wood

Framed: 67.4 x 80 x 5.2 cm (26 9/16 x 31 1/2 x 2 1/16 in.); Unframed: 51 x 65 cm (20 1/16 x 25 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise

1791 · Oil on canvas

48.6 × 72.9 cm (19 1/8 × 28 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Damsel and Orlando

1790 · Oil on canvas

36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Damsel and Orlando

1790 · Oil on canvas

36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (7)

91 published of 91 catalogued · 74 with image

Nga
28 published28 img
The Met
24 published7 img
Art Institute Chicago
16 published16 img
Tate
13 published13 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published7 img
Smithsonian
2 published2 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Christus zegent de kinderen
1776 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Specimens of Polyautography: The Angel at the Tomb of Christ
1801 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Sketch for ‘The Ascension’
1782 · Tate · 1 prov
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An Old Warrior in Armour, Half Length
1788 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Sketch for ‘St Paul Shaking off the Viper’
1786 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Golden Age
1776 · Tate · 1 prov
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Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia
1766 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, Bt
1777 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
View from the Terrace at Windsor
1792 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Cleombrotus Ordered into Banishment by Leonidas II, King of Sparta
1768 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

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Christus zegent de kinderen (1776 - 1781)

Rijksmuseum

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

Specimens of Polyautography: The Angel at the Tomb of Christ (1801)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman and Man Playing Cards (verso) (1792)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Relationships

Movements2

Romanticism Neoclassicism

Collections7

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

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Tate

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition American Battle Painting 1776�1918

New York · 1944

Group Exhibition Romantic Painting in America

New York · 1943