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Painting (Portrait)
Reverend Ebenezer Miller
John Smibert
September 1735 (1735-1735)
Category
Paintings
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Smibert (Painter)
Place of Origin
Braintree; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
Museum Object Number
1958.1514 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1958.1514 A
Object Name
Painting (Portrait)
Title
Reverend Ebenezer Miller
Category
Paintings
Creator (Role)
John Smibert (Painter)
Place of Origin
Braintree; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Date
September 1735 (1735-1735)
Subject(s)
- Portrait
- Clergy
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
Techniques
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
30 (H) x 24.9 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
76.1 (H) x 63.2 (W)
Measurement Notes
H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.
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".
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.