Alexander's Confidence with his Physician Philip

Provenance

Mrs. Margary; given to Doctor Partridge [inscription on the mount]. E. Maurice Bloch; sold, Christie’s, New York, Jan. 9, 1991, lot 30, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA.; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.

Alexander's Confidence with his Physician Philip

Benjamin West

c. 1770

Accession Number

151462

Medium

Brush and brown and black wash, with tan gouache, heightened with white gouache, with incising, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card

Dimensions

Primary support: 21.8 × 30 cm (8 5/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 30.1 × 36.9 cm (11 7/8 × 14 9/16 in.)

Classification

wash

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection