Benjamin WestÉtats-Unis, 1738–1820Self-Portrait
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, États-Unis
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- Dans cet état depuis
- 25 sept. 2026
- Source
- Les données de collection du musée lui-même
About the painting
Six months before he died, West looked unflinchingly into the mirror to paint his self-portrait. He holds a drawing pencil and wears a painter's robe and beaver hat, which identify him as a founder and president of the Royal Academy of Art. The light is strongest on his face and hands, but the rest of the picture falls into shadow, as if he foresaw his own end. West was official painter to the King of England and the first American artist to gain an international reputation. His example led generations of American artists to measure their art and professional identities by European standards.
Exhibition Label, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Notice
- Numéro d’inventaire
- 1917.2.3
What it shows
Sources
- Smithsonian American Art Museum: the museum's own open data · obtenue il y a 4 jours
- Image : Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0
Pendant ce temps, chez Benjamin West
La vie entière1806–1820
Post: President of the Royal Academy of Arts
1817
“Death on the Pale Horse” exhibited
“Death on the Pale Horse” is exhibited — one of a series of even larger religious works that the success of “Christ Healing the Sick” led West to paint.
11 March 1820
Dies on Newman Street; declines a knighthood
West dies at his house in Newman Street, London. He had earlier declined a knighthood offered by the Crown, believing that he should instead be made a peer.
11 mars 1820
Died
