, 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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Three Angels Appearing to Abraham, 1570
Giorgio Vasari
Italian, 1511
- 1574
pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on tan laid paper
22.1 x 15.7 cm
Gift of Sidney and Gladye Bregman, Toronto, 2000
National Gallery of Canada (no. 40591)
This compositional drawing is preparatory for a processional banner surviving in the Museo di San Salvi in Florence, executed for a confraternity in Vasari's native Arezzo. The story, taken from Genesis, relates how three angels appeared to Abraham to announce that he and wife Sarah would produce a son, despite their advanced ages. Characteristic of Vasari's drawing style are the loose, resilient contour lines and the angular internal modelling. Equally typical is the majestic if rather brittle design.
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