# Study for a painting of The Angels Appearing to the Shepherds, 1774

- By: Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820)
- Date: 1772-1774
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: height 213 mm, width 167 mm
- Culture: American
- Museum: [SMK – National Gallery of Denmark](https://open.smk.dk/artwork/image/KKSgb7495)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark: SMK waives its rights in this photograph](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iip-thumb.smk.dk/iiif/jp2/t722hb67t_kksgb7495.tif.jp2/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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