Portrait of a Man

Benjamin West

1790–99

Portrait of a Man by Benjamin West

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

127 × 102 cm (50 × 40 1/8 in.); Framed: 152.4 × 128.3 × 11.5 cm (60 × 50 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)

Classification

oil on canvas

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

95420

About the Artist

Benjamin West · 17381820

Benjamin West, born on October 10, 1738, in Springfield, Pennsylvania, emerged as one of the most influential painters of his era despite being entirely self-taught. Growing up in a Quaker family in colonial America, West displayed prodigious talent from childhood, creating portraits and religious scenes with materials gifted by local patrons. By his late teens, he had garnered enough support to t...

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