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Benjamin West: Erasistratus the Physician Discovers the Love of Antiochus for Stratonice   
Artist
Benjamin West  (1738–1820)   
 
Description American-British painter and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 10 October 1738 / 10 November 1738  11 March 1820 
Location of birth/death Springfield Township London
Work location
London, Roma, Philadelphia
Authority file
  • : Q313498
  • VIAF: 76585232
  • ISNI: 0000000073581062
  • ULAN: 500026989
  • LCCN: n50003451
  • NLA: 356007630
  • WorldCat
artist QS:P170,Q313498
Title
Erasistratus the Physician Discovers the Love of Antiochus for Stratonice
Object type painting 
Genre history painting 
Description
English: Painting of the Greek tale of Erastistratus diagnosing Antiochus with unrequited love
Depicted people
  • Seleucus I Nicator 
  • Erasistratus
  • Antiochus I Soter
  • Stratonice of Syria
Date 1772
date QS:P571,+1772-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 49.5 in (125.7 cm); width: 70 in (177.8 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,49.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,70U218593
institution QS:P195,Q865736
Accession number
1987.4 (Birmingham Museum of Art) 
Place of creation United States of America 
Object history
  • 1772: in collection of Benjamin West 
  • 22 November 1985: auctioned 
  • 1987: sale of the collection of 
  • 20 June 1863: auctioned 
  • 1826: unknown event: proposal 
  • 18 February 1944: auctioned 
  • 1776: in collection of Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor 
  • 1776: sale of the collection of 
  • 1950: in collection of H. M. Calmann 
  • 1809: in collection of Benjamin West 
  • May 1829: auctioned 
Inscriptions
  • Signature and date bottom right:
B. West 1772 
Source/Photographer Sean Pathasema
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