劳航珲
2021-07-28
From1746to1759,WestworkedinPennsylvania,mostlypaintingportraits.WhileinLancaster,Pennsylvania,in1756,West"spatron,agunsmithnamedWilliamHenry,encouragedhimtodesigna"DeathofSocrates"basedonanengravinginCharlesRollin"sAncientHistory;theresultingcomposition,whichsignificantlydiffersfromWest"ssource,hasbeencalled"themostambitiousandinterestingpaintingproducedincolonialAmerica".