Who created "John Lothrop"?

John Lothrop was created by John Durand in c. 1770.

When was "John Lothrop" created?

This artwork was created c. 1770.

Is "John Lothrop" in the public domain?

Yes, John Lothrop is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

John Lothrop

John Durand

c. 1770

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 90.8 x 70.6 cm (35 3/4 x 27 13/16 in.) framed: 107.6 x 87 x 5.9 cm (42 3/8 x 34 1/4 x 2 5/16 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CAB

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1980.62.70

Art Historical Context

Behold *John Lothrop*, a compelling portrait painted around 1770 by John Durand one of colonial America's pioneering artists. This oil-on-canvas work captures the sitter—likely the prominent Puritan clergyman and founder of Barnstable, Massachusetts a poised, dignified manner typical of 18th-century portraiture. Measuring 90.8 x 70.6 cm, it exemplifies the grandeur of period portraits, where such sizable canvases conveyed the subject's social standing amid the tensions of pre-Revolutionary America. Durand, active in New York and Connecticut, drew from English traditions while developing a dis...

John Lothrop

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