#benjamin west

[mythologypaintings]

Venus at her Birth Dressed by the Three Graces

Artist: Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820)

Date: 1799

Medium: Oil on canvas mounted on panel

Collection: Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague, Netherlands

[lionofchaeronea]

Turkey, Benjamin West (1738-1820)

[illustratus]

The Battle of the Boyne by Benjamin West

[portrait-paintings]

Mr. and Mrs. John Custance

Artist: Benjamin West (American, 1738 - 1820)

Date: 1778

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, United States

[paintingsandhistory]

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.

The Chevalier de Bayard, born Pierre Terrail, was a prominent French knight known for his exceptional valor and adherence to chivalric ideals during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Serving initially as a page at the court of Charles I of Savoy, he quickly gained recognition for his combat skills, particularly during the Italian Wars, where he played a key role in battles like the Battle of Fornovo and the defense of Naples. Bayard was celebrated not only for his military prowess but also for his magnanimity and sense of honor, as illustrated by his refusal to profit from war and his generosity towards his troops and those in need.

[where-is-the-sam-standee]

Sam is in The Death of General Wolfe (1770) by Benjamin West

The Sam standee is in The Death of General Wolfe (1770) by Benjamin West!

[venustapolis]

Death on the Pale Horse (Benjamin West, 1817)

[myths-and-saints-in-art]

Hector and Andromache

Part 2

Hector's last visit to his family before his duel with Achilles: Astyanax, on Andromache's knees, stretches to touch his father's helmet (370–360 BC), Apulian red-figure column-crater.

The Farewell between Hector and Andromache (17th century), Luca Ferrari

Hector's Farewell to Andromache (c. 1768-1818), Heinrich Friedrich Füger

Hector and Andromache (1773), Antonio Zucchi

Hector taking leave of Andromache: the Fright of Astyanax (1776), Benjamin West

Andromache Intercepting Hector At The Scaean Gate (1811), Fernando Castelli

Hector and Andromache (1871), Giovanni Maria Benzoni

Hector and Andromache (1924), Giorgio de Chirico