Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763), The Three Marys, 1783
- Title:
- The Three Marys
- Additional Title(s):
- Verso: figure study
- Date:
- 1783
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen in brown ink.; verso: graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 3/16 x 8 1/4 inches (41.1 x 21 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "B.West | 1783-"
Signed in brown ink botton right: "B.West | 1783-"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5743
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- religious and mythological subject | robes | rocks (landforms) | vegetation | veil | women
- Associated People:
- The Virgin Mary
Mary Magdalene - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15044
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Revealed Religion - Benjamin West's Commissions for Windsor Castle and Fonthill Abbey (San Antonio Museum of Art, 1983-09-18 - 1983-11-13) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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