Art, literature & history
Alexander's Confidence with his Physician Philip
c. 1770
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Brush and brown and black wash, with tan gouache, heightened with white gouache, with incising, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card
- Dimensions
- Primary support: 21.8 × 30 cm (8 5/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 30.1 × 36.9 cm (11 7/8 × 14 9/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2013.1045
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Benjamin West. Alexander's Confidence with his Physician Philip. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Alexander's Confidence with his Physician Philip — Benjamin West. c. 1770.
Medium: Brush and brown and black wash, with tan gouache, heightened with white gouache, with incising, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card. Dimensions: Primary support: 21.8 × 30 cm (8 5/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 30.1 × 36.9 cm (11 7/8 × 14 9/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.