Benjamin Austin, Sr.
Paintings
John Greenwood (Artist)
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
1747-1752
Oil paint; Wood
Painted
1952.0282.001 A
Object Number1952.0282.001 A |
Painting (Portrait)
Benjamin Austin, Sr.
Paintings
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
John Greenwood (Artist)
1727-1792
Greenwood was the son and grandson of prosperous Boston shipwrights. He was apprenticed to the engraver and japanner Thomas Johnston for three years, and then began his career as a portrait painter. In 1752, he sailed for Surinam and did not return to America. He painted more than one hundred portraits, and in his later years (after 1773) was a dealer in art objects in London, where he died.
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
1747-1752
Portrait
Oil paint; Wood
Painted
Oil on wood panel.
35.9 (H) , 28.2 (W)
91.1 (H) , 71.6 (W)
H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.
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