#benjamin west

Venus at her Birth Dressed by the Three Graces

Artist: Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820)

Date: 1799

Medium: Oil on canvas mounted on panel

Rebecca Receiving the Bracelet at the Well

Artist: Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820)

Date: 1775

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, United States

Description

Abraham, advancing in age, made his servant swear an oath not to take a wife for Isaac from the local Canaanite women. The servant arrived in the town of Nahor and stopped by the city well. Knowing that the local women would come to draw water in the evening, he devised a test to find the right woman. He prayed that the maiden who not only offered him a drink but also voluntarily offered to water his thirsty camels should be the one God intended for Isaac.

Mr. and Mrs. John Custance

Artist: Benjamin West (American, 1738 - 1820)

Date: 1778

Medium: Oil on canvas

The Death of Chevalier Bayard

Artist: Benjamin West (American, 1738-1820)

Date: 1772

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Royal Collection Trust, London, United Kingdom

The Death of Chevalier Bayard

The Death of Chevalier Bayard depicts the death of Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard at the Battle of the Sesia in Italy in 1524. Fatally wounded he had urged his retreating French soldiers to abandon him. He is show receiving the homage of his enemies, the troops of Charles V.