Portrait of a Gentleman

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

MMA_.1996.563

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MMA_.1996.563

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Drawings and Watercolors

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Drawings and Watercolors

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Benbridge, Henry

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Benbridge, Henry

Creator Name

false

Creator Role:

Artist

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Artist

Creator Role

false

Creator Dates/Places:

1743-1812

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1743-1812

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Henry Benbridge

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Henry Benbridge

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Portrait of a Gentleman

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Portrait of a Gentleman

Title

false

View:

Full View

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Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

ca. 1770

oct

ca. 1770

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1760

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1760

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1780

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1780

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Watercolor on ivory

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Watercolor on ivory

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Painting, miniature

clt

Painting, miniature

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

1 1/4 x 1 7/8 in. (3.2 x 4.8 cm)

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1 1/4 x 1 7/8 in. (3.2 x 4.8 cm)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

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New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1996.563

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1996.563

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Dale T. Johnson Fund, 1996

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Dale T. Johnson Fund, 1996

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/

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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Born in Philadelphia, Benbridge studied in London and in Rome under Anton Raphael Mengs and Pompeo Batoni. In 1772, the artist settled in Charleston, where he became the city's fashionable portraitist after Jeremiah Theus died in 1774. This miniature exhibits Benbridge's colorful, linear, and crisply realistic portrait style, which is remarkably similar to that of John Singleton Copley. Dating from about 1770, it is one of the artist's earliest efforts in the medium, yet it shows more refinement than a number of his later works. The case, which is set with amethysts that match the gentleman's lavendar waistcoat, is original to the piece.

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<P>Born in Philadelphia, Benbridge studied in London and in Rome under Anton Raphael Mengs and Pompeo Batoni. In 1772, the artist settled in Charleston, where he became the city's fashionable portraitist after Jeremiah Theus died in 1774. This miniature exhibits Benbridge's colorful, linear, and crisply realistic portrait style, which is remarkably similar to that of John Singleton Copley. Dating from about 1770, it is one of the artist's earliest efforts in the medium, yet it shows more refinement than a number of his later works. The case, which is set with amethysts that match the gentleman's lavendar waistcoat, is original to the piece.</P>

Context

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