Simeon and the Child by Benjamin West… by Benjamin West

Brown wash drawing of an elderly man holding an infant before veiled women in a colonnaded temple interior.

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Simeon and the Child by Benjamin West, washes and pencil on paper, Benjamin West, Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This brown and grey wash drawing with pencil shows an elderly bearded man in a light robe raising an infant toward a veiled woman, with another veiled woman and onlookers gathered within a colonnaded interior. Benjamin West's Simeon and the Child is rendered in washes and pencil on paper, with a basket of offerings visible above the crowd.

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