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Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael
c. 1770
(American, 1738–1820)
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.)
The Charles W. Harkness Gift 1927.393
Location: 204 Colonial American
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Born in colonial America, West eventually became a court painter to George III of England.Description
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.- 1927-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio1916-1927Edward S. Harkness [1874-1940], New York, NY, to the Cleveland Museum of Art1916Mary Warden Harkness [1864-1916], New York, NY, by bequest to her brother-in-law Edward S. Harkness1911-1916Charles W. Harkness [1860-1916], New York, NY, by bequest to his wife Mary Warden Harkness1Until 1911(M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY, sold to Charles W. Harkness)?Henry J. Pfungst [1844-1917], Cleveland Square, LondonBy 1909Castle Smith, LondonProbably 1848-Grandson of Benjamin West, Jr., to his widow1820-by 1848Benjamin West, Jr. [1772-1848], to his grandsonc. 1770-1820Benjamin West [1738-1820], London, to his son, Benjamin West, Jr.
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