The Grecian Daughter Defending her Father

Artist Benjamin West (American, 1738 - 1820)

Date1794

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsFramed: H 22 x W 26 1/2 in. (H 55.9 x W 67.3 cm)
Image: H 19 x W 23 in. (H 48.3 x W 58.4 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 1956 John J. O'Neill Bequest Fund

Object number56.177

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Published Title The Grecian Daughter Defending her Father

Remarks 1981 Newark Museum Ameican Art Catalogue

Inscriptionsrecto: u.r. black paint "B.West 1794"Marks and Labels/Stampson file: printed and typed paper label from old backing "NEO-CLASSICISM: STYLE AND MOTIF / September 21 - November 1, 1964 / THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART / Benjamin West, / [underlined] The Grecian Daughter Defending / Her Father / The Newark Museum"; printed and handwritten paper label from old backing "FOGG ART MUSEUM . T LOAN / 15207 / NEWARK MUSEUM"; printed paper label from old backing "No. 69863 / PICTURE"ProvenanceMr. Bowles at Wanstead (a London dealer); to Childs Gallery, Boston, MassachusettsExhibition History"Aspects of a Collection: 18th-19th Century American Paintings from the Collection of the Newark Museum", Knoedler Gallery, New York, New York (March 1977).
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Massachusetts (April, 1965).
"Neo-Classicism: Style and Motif", Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (1964).
"The World of Benjamin West", Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania (May 1 - July 30, 1962).

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