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The Death of St. Cecilia?

Benjamin West

Artwork Details

The Death of St. Cecilia?
circa 1800
Benjamin West
pen and brown ink with brown wash and black chalk, heightened with white on pale
9 3/16 in x 13 in (23.34 cm x 33.02 cm);18 3/10 in x 22 ¼ in (46.51 cm x 56.52 cm)
Gift through the Estate of Edward Sonnenschein
1970/2.31

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Physical Description:

A group of figures, all women and one child, look with concern towards the figure of a reclining woman at the right side of the composition who supports herself on one elbow on several low steps. The interior is only briefly described but is classical in proportions and details with a column and drapery behind the reclining woman. In the doorway at the far left are two other standing women talking with one another and gesturing towards the reclining figure.

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