COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.62.79.1
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
Smibert, John
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
Scottish, 1688-1751
Creator Name-CRT:
John Smibert
Title:
Francis Brinley
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1729
Creation Start Date:
1729
Creation End Date:
1729
Materials and Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 x 39 1/4 in. (127 x 99.7 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
62.79.1
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1962
Context:
Francis Brinley (1690-1765) was born in England but moved to Newport, Rhode Island in 1710 at the request of his grandfather. He eventually settled in Boston, where he married Deborah Lyde, granddaughter of Nathaniel Byfield (24.109.87). In 1719, he inherited a substantial tract of land in Roxbury upon which he built the elaborate Datchet House residence. Smibert painted this portrait in Boston in May of 1729. The background, an early instance of landscape in American painting, represents a view of Boston from Brinley's country home. Smibert also painted a portrait of Brinley's wife (62.79.2).
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ap62.79.1.R.tif
