, 2008. Fibreglass stone and airplane. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2011. Photo © Roman März](/images/content/menuSeeGallery.png)
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)
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Jambhala, Buddhist God of Wealth, 13th century
Unknown (Central Tibet - 13th century)
bronze with inlay
48.2 cm high
Gift of Max Tanenbaum, Toronto, 1980
National Gallery of Canada (no. 26699)
This Himalayan bronze of remarkable dimensions is inlaid and painted with red lacquer for the god's lips and nails. Bronze is a fragile material: the back of the statue was seriously damaged, most probably during a fall.
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