Artist
Benjamin West (American, active England, 1738–1820)American, active England, 1738–1820
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Belisarius and the Boy
Date1804
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas or panel: 22 1/16 × 16 1/4 in. (56 × 41.2 cm)
Frame (inner): 20 15/16 × 15 7/16 in. (53.2 × 39.2 cm)
Frame (outer): 28 3/8 × 22 15/16 × 2 3/8 in. (72 × 58.3 × 6 cm)
Frame (inner): 20 15/16 × 15 7/16 in. (53.2 × 39.2 cm)
Frame (outer): 28 3/8 × 22 15/16 × 2 3/8 in. (72 × 58.3 × 6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Honorable Joseph P. Carroll, KM and Prof. Roberta L. Carroll, MD
Object number2020.502
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
106 Cameron Gallery
On view
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Department
American ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryWest Gallery, London, 1820-1828
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed lower left: B.West/1804
Catalogue raisonnéHelmut von Erffa and Allen Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986), no. 43, illustrated.
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