If you can’t tell by the picture the person that the people are carrying is dead, (oof). He was stoned (people throw rocks at him until he died). To me he looks like that one dramatic person in movies/TV shows because he looks like that one character who fainted all the time.
The painting itself is huge. Like it has it’s own wall in the gallery huge. When it was being restored you could watch them restore it (through glass) but you would only see a few parts at a time.
I really like this painting. I have seen it being restored and then got to see it when it was hung up. When the museum was open I liked to go sit with it.
The Facts:
- Benjamin West (American, 1738-1820)
- 1776
- Material: Oil on canvas
- Anonymous gift in honor of Malcolm Rogers to celebrate his twenty years of extraordinary leadership as Director of the MFA, Boston (2015.2163)
- Gallery 246 (Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Gallery)
Museums with Mina 