Study for "Alexander III, King of Scotland, Saved from a Stag by Colin Fitzgerald"
1784
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown ink washes, black chalk, and graphite on off-white (now oxidized) laid paper.
Dimensions
13 5/8 x 20 1/8 in. (34.6 x 51.1 cm)
Classification
Drawing
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Diane, Daniel, and Mathew Wolf, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 2003
Accession Number
2003.436
Tags
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...