Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Benjamin West was born into poverty in rural Pennsylvania, the youngest of ten children, but rose to become the first American artist to train in Italy and command a successful career as a history painter in England.
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Pierre Lenfant (French, 1704–1787) — Study of Hands (recto);
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917) — Battle Scene with Armored 
Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640) — The Feast of Herod 
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824–1898) — Study of a F
Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) — Mother and Child (recto);
Carletto Caliari (Italian, 1570–1596) — Studies of Hands (re
Nicolas Lancret — Studies of a Couple Seated on the Ground, 
Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863) — Armored Figure on Hor
Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665) — Extreme Unction (recto
Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) — Sheet of Studies with a
Group of Six Children (recto); Sketch of a Village (verso)
Thomas Couture (French, 1815–1879) — Duel after the Masked B
