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Artist: Benjamin West
Topic: Famous People Royalty Birth And Death Death
Date: 1786
Size: 366 x 521 cm
Museum: Scottish National Gallery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Technique: Oil
This painting admirably represents West's heroic and monumental style. It illustrates a legend in which the first chieftain of the Clan Mackenzie saves the life of the Scottish King. Colin Fitzgerald is shown about to spear a fierce stag who had turned on the Scottish King, Alexander III, during a hunting expedition. West includes other huntsmen, horses and dogs whose dynamic poses and striking gestures enhance the dramatic moment. Francis Humberston Mackenzie became chieftain of the Mackenzie Clan in 1783 and commissioned the painting to commemorate, rather conspicuously, his illustrious ancestor.
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