Shown from about the ribcage up, a cleanshaven man with pale skin sits with his elbow resting on the arm of his chair so the back of those fingers brush his chin in this vertical portrait painting. His body and face are angled to our right almost in profile so he looks at us from the corners of his brown eyes under dark, arched eyebrows. He has a straight nose, and his pale coral-pink lips are closed. His nickel-gray hair is curled along his ears and pulled back with an olive-green bow at the nape of his neck. His large hat is pushed back over his forehead, away from us, so its wide brim…
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Benjamin West

painter Unknown 18th Century

artist after Benjamin West (American, 1738 - 1820)

c. 1776

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 75.8 x 63 cm (29 13/16 x 24 13/16 in.) ; framed: 102.9 x 89.5 x 10.2 cm (40 1/2 x 35 1/4 x 4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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