The Raising of Lazarus
1780
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor, heightened with white gouache, and squared in graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
Dimensions
17.6 × 23.8 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
Classification
watercolor
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
100919
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...