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Caesar Reading the History of Alexander's Exploits, (painting). Artist:  West, Benjamin, 1738-1820, painter. Title:  Caesar Reading the History of Alexander's Exploits, (painting). Other Titles:  Caesar's Regrets While Reading the Life of Alexander, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1771. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  37 x 39 1/4 in. (94 x 99.7 cm). Inscription:  (Lower left:) B West / pinxit / 1769 signed Subject:  Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading History -- Ancient -- Rome Portrait male -- Caesar, Julius Occupation -- Political -- Statesman Occupation -- Military -- General Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2800 Grove Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23221 Accession Number: 64.23 References:  Collection Photographs, 1966. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. "American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts," Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, in association with University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 2010, pg. 21. Illustration:  Image on file. "American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts," Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, in association with University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 2010, pg. 21. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 55740077   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 55740077 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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