Head of a Screaming Man (recto)
1792
- Medium
- black crayon
- Dimensions
- 32.3 × 40.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-193501
Born in rural Pennsylvania, trained in Italy, and based in London for the entirety of his career, Benjamin West exemplifies the transatlantic character of colonial-era American art. In England, his success as a history painter propelled him to the position of court painter by 1772. West’s study of the head of a screaming man, believed to be done in preparation for a now-lost painting commissioned by King George III (1738–1820), was likely not drawn from life. It was modeled on the ideas of French artist Charles LeBrun (1619–1690), whose lectures on depicting the passions of the soul were sure…
Provenance
Allen Fund, 1967.130.a
Registry history
- 1792 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings
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