An Alpine Landscape with a Couple Seated by Trees Overlooking a Valley

1760/1763

Benjamin West

Artist, American, 1738 - 1820

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and gray ink on light gray laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36.4 × 50.2 cm (14 5/16 × 19 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.52.194

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Margary family (West's granddaughter); to her son, Harry Margary; (Bury Street Gallery [William Drummond], London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1986-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1993

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, no. 33.

1996

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.

Bibliography

1993

  • NGA O'Neal 1993, ex 33.

Inscriptions

center right verso on grapite: CH 3 (circle)/ (not deciphered) marks/ 2/24;

Wikidata ID

Q64537249

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