艺术流派
Unknown Movement
创作媒介
Unknown Medium
作品信息
艺术家
Benjamin West
创作年代
1770
地点
London, United Kingdom
作品描述
The Death of General Wolfe is a 1770 painting by Anglo-American artist Benjamin West, commemorating the 1759 Battle of Quebec, where General James Wolfe died at the moment of victory. The painting, containing vivid suggestions of martyrdom, broke a standard rule of historical portraiture by featuring individuals who had not been present at the scene and dressed in modern, instead of classical, costumes. The painting has become one of the best-known images in 18th-century art.