An Alpine Landscape with a Couple Seated by Trees Overlooking a Valley
Benjamin West
1760/1763
Medium
pen and gray ink on light gray laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 36.4 × 50.2 cm (14 5/16 × 19 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of William B. O'Neal
Accession Number
1995.52.194
About the Artist
Benjamin West · 1738–1820
Benjamin West, born on October 10, 1738, in Springfield, Pennsylvania, emerged as one of the most influential painters of his era despite being entirely self-taught. Growing up in a Quaker family in colonial America, West displayed prodigious talent from childhood, creating portraits and religious scenes with materials gifted by local patrons. By his late teens, he had garnered enough support to t...