Angels Announcing the Birth of Our Savior

Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820)

about 1790

Medium/TechniquePen, brush and brown ink, transparent and opaque oil paint on cream laid paper

DimensionsSheet: 34.6 x 23.6 cm (13 5/8 x 9 5/16 in.)

Credit LineGift in memory of John Hubbard Sturgis by his daughters, Miss Frances C. Sturgis, Miss Mabel R. Sturgis, Mrs. William Haynes-Smith (Alice Maud Sturgis), and Miss Evelyn R. Sturgis

Accession number42.599

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InscriptionsNo date, no sign.ProvenanceJohn Hubbard Sturgis (b. 1834 - d. 1888), Brookline, MA; by descent to his daughters, Frances Anne Codman Sturgis (b. 1863 - d. 1945), Mabel Russell Sturgis (b. 1865 - d. 1953), Alice Maud Russell Sturgis (Mrs. William) Haynes-Smith (b. 1868), and Evelyn Russell Sturgis (b. 1872 - d. 1948); 1942, gift of the daughters of John Hubbard Sturgis to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1942)