, 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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Buddha Shakyamuni, c. 400-599
Unknown (Gandhara - 5th-6th century)
bronze
29 cm high
Gift of Joshua, Elise, Michael, Stephen and Linda, the children of Albert J. Latner, Toronto, 1981
National Gallery of Canada (no. 26797)
The Buddha displays the classical signs of his supreme nature: the "ushnisha" (top-knot of intelligence), long earlobes (for royal birth), and oval body halo (for spiritual power and holiness), while his hand raised in "abhaya mudra" signifies protection and reassurance.
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