Cupid, Stung by a Bee, Is Cherished by his Mother
Catalogue
- Year
- 1774
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall (round): 121.92 × 122.4 cm (48 × 48 3/16 in.) framed (round): 152.08 × 152.24 × 9.53 cm (59 7/8 × 59 15/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Artist
- Benjamin West
Artist
Painting
Benjamin West was an American-born painter who specialised in history painting, creating such works as The Death of Nelson, The Death of General Wolfe, the Treaty of Paris, and Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky.
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Self-Portrait
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Omnia Vincit Amor, or The Power of Love in the Three Elements
1809 · Oil on canvas
The Adoration of the Shepherds
1805 · pen and brown ink with brown wash and blue gouache heightened with white on wove paper mounted to board
Angel of the Resurrection, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography
1803 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in brown on cream wove paper
This is my Beloved Son
1802 · lithograph
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- Benjamin West
- Year
- 1774
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall (round): 121.92 × 122.4 cm (48 × 48 3/16 in.) framed (round): 152.08 × 152.24 × 9.53 cm (59 7/8 × 59 15/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1774-289809
Source
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Source
- nga
- Reference
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- Status
- verified