Object Number 1958.1514 A

Object Name

Painting (Portrait)

Title

Reverend Ebenezer Miller

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Smibert (Painter)
03/24/1688-04/02/1751
"John Smibert accompanied Dr. Berkle to this country, arriving here in 1729. Born in Edinburgh in 1688, death overtook him on April 2, 1751. The 'Boston News-Letter' of April 4 reports the event as follows: 'John Smibert. On Tuesday last died here, much lamented, Mr. John Smibert, well known for many fine Pictures he has done here, and celebrated in Italy as well as Britain, for a good Painter, by the best judges. As a member of Society, he was a valuable Gentleman of a happy Temper, great Humanity and Friendship, a Kind Husband, tender Father, and steady Friend: But what is above all, an exemplary Christian, eminently so in Practice and constant Resignation to the Will of God. We hear his Funeral will be Tomorrow Evening.' Smibert was the most important painter of this period." (From card in object file 1958.1514).

Place of Origin

Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

September 1735 (1735-1735)

Subjects

Portrait; Clergy

Materials

Oil paint; Canvas

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

30 (H) , 24.9 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

76.1 (H) , 63.2 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Foote, Henry Wilder. 1950 John Smibert: Painter.
• Published: p. 170.
[Book] Evans, David, et al. 1969 The Notebook of John Smibert.
• Painting listed as no. 115, p. 93.
[Book] Saunders, Richard H. 1995 John Smibert: Colonial America's First Portrait Painter.
• Published as cat. no. 113, p. 193, see also pp. 90-92.
[Manuscript] Vose, Robert C. "Reverend Ebenezer Miller by John Smibert".
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[Book] Carbone, Teresa A. 2006 American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: Artists Born by 1876. 2.
• For additional information on the artist, see pp. 957-959.