Benjamin West, P.R.A.
Thetis bringing the armour to Achilles
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July 5, 07:17 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Benjamin West, P.R.A.
Springfield, PA 1738–1820 London
Thetis bringing the armour to Achilles
signed and dated, lower right: B. West / 1804
oil on canvas
68.6 x 51.5 cm.; 27 x 20¼ in.
Private collection, Sweden (to whom presented as a gift from the above before 1937);
Thence by descent until sold, Uppsala, Sweden, Uppsala Auktionskammare, 13 June 2019, lot 839;
Where acquired.
H. von Erffa and A. Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West, New Haven and London 1986, p. 253, no. 173 (as location unknown);
A.I. Clayton-Payne, 'The re-emergence of a painting by Benjamin West (1738–1820)', in The British Art Journal, vol. XXI, no. 3, Winter 2020–21, pp. 86–92, reproduced in colour fig. 2.
ENGRAVED
In lithograph by Henry Corbould, published by F. Moser, 1 March 1820.
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