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Benjamin West
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English: Benjamin West, American, 1738–1820

The Woman Clothed with the Sun Fleeth from the Persecution of the Dragon, ca. 1797 Oil on paper laid down on wood panel 149 x 69 cm. (58 11/16 x 27 3/16 in.) frame: 168.5 × 87.2 × 6.5 cm (66 5/16 × 34 5/16 × 2 9/16 in.) Museum purchase, Kathleen Compton Sherrerd Fund for American Art 1996-62

Part of a commission for the Revelation Chamber of Fonthill Abbey, likely a study for a stained glass window.
Date circa 1797
date QS:P571,+1797-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source/Photographer Princeton University Art Museum


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