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A Judgment of Solomon: Shooting at the Father's Corpse

A Judgment of Solomon: Shooting at the Father's Corpse

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This drawing belonged to Benjamin West (1738–1820), the American painter active in England, who was an important art collector.
Artist
Unknown (Italian)
Title
A Judgment of Solomon: Shooting at the Father's Corpse
Date
ca. 1650
Medium
Bistre and wash
Dimensions
6 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Miss Charlotte C. Gregory
Accession No.
64.15.11
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
Geography
Italy

Related

Before 1820, collection of Benjamin West (London); June 1820, listed for sale [as by T. Zuccoro] via Christie’s (London) in the B. West Collection Sale; By 1919, collection of Charles Fairfax Murray (London); 30 January 1920, sold via Christie’s (London) to F.R. Meatyard (London); September 1920, sold to Charles Noble Gregory (Northbrook, IL); 1932, Wisconsin State Historical Society; 1964, Charlotte C. Gregory (Northbrook, IL) [niece of Charles Noble Gregory] through inheritance; 1964, gifted to the University of Wisconsin-Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called the Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Madison Art Center. "Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings From The University of Wisconsin Collections." Madison, WI: The Madison Art Association, 1965.

  • Old Master Drawings from the Permanent Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/23/2005–10/9/2005
  • Hand of the Master, The: Drawings from the Elvehjem’s Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 5/11/1985–7/28/1985
  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings from the University of Wisconsin Collections: Madison Art Center, 11/21/1965–12/11/1965

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