Object Number 1952.0282.001 A

Object Name

Painting (Portrait)

Title

Benjamin Austin, Sr.

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

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.

Place of Origin

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

Date

1747-1752

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Oil paint; Wood

Techniques

Painted

Construction Description

Oil on wood panel.

Dimensions (inches)

35.9 (H) , 28.2 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

91.1 (H) , 71.6 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.

Object Description

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