# Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

- By: Joseph Siffred Duplessis (French, Carpentras 1725–1802 Versailles)
- Date: 1778
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: Oval, 28 1/2 x 22 7/8 in. (72.4 x 58.1 cm)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436236)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/ep/web-large/DP-1255-001.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)