Death on the Pale Horse

c. 1807

American, Artist Benjamin West, Artist

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About the Artwork

Title Death on the Pale Horse

Artwork Date c. 1807

Makers (Artist) American Benjamin West (Artist) American, 1738-1820

Medium Engraving printed in black

Dimensions image: 3 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. 8.8 x 18.7 cm sheet: 12 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. 31.7 x 20.0 cm

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. F72.283.248

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Inscriptions In letter press above the image: DEATH ON THE PALE HORSE; below the image: TWENTY-ONE FEET IN LENGTH, followed by a long description of the subject on the lower two-thirds of the sheet. The second paragaph of this descriptive text reads: This is acknowledged to be the greatest composition of that great master, Benjamin West \ital.!. The little outline above given, suggested to the author of the present painting the design of executing upon a great scale a picture on the same subject, aided by the pub- lished etching; which is all he has seen of West's work.

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Published References

Von Erffa, Helmut and Allen Staley. The Paintings of Benjamin West. New Haven and London, 1986, pp. 391-392.

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American; after Benjamin West, Death on the Pale Horse, c. 1807, Engraving printed in black. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund, F72.283.248.

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