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The Raising of Lazarus, 1780. Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor, heightened with white gouache, and squared in graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid card.
Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor, heightened with white gouache, and squared in graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid card · 17.6 × 23.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Raising of Lazarus
- Artist
- Benjamin West American, 1738-1820
- Date
- 1780
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor, heightened with white gouache, and squared in graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
- Dimensions
- 17.6 × 23.8 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. W. Alexander McLanahan and Mr. Alfred K. Eddy Jr. in memory of their father Alfred K. Eddy Sr.
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1738–1820
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.