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Benjamin West
Thetis Bringing the Armor to Achilles1804

Not on view
Oil painting of three classical figures: a bare-chested man in a red cloak receives a plumed helmet from a crowned, semi-nude woman, while a second woman reclines on a draped bed to the left
Artist or Maker
Benjamin West
United States, Pennsylvania, Springfield, active England, 1738-1820
Title
Thetis Bringing the Armor to Achilles
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1804
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
27 x 20 in. (68.6 x 50.8 cm) Framed: 32 1/2 × 26 × 3 1/2 in. (82.55 × 66.04 × 8.89 cm)
Credit Line
Gift from the family of Bernice West Beyers
Accession Number
M.88.182
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
American Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Erffa, Helmut von, and Allen Staley. The Paintings of Benjamin West. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1986.