Detail View: The AMICA Library: Francis Brinley
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.62.79.1
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Smibert, John
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Scottish, 1688-1751
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Creator Name-CRT:
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John Smibert
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Title:
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Francis Brinley
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1729
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Creation Start Date:
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1729
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Creation End Date:
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1729
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Materials and Techniques:
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Oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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50 x 39 1/4 in. (127 x 99.7 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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62.79.1
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Credit Line:
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Rogers Fund, 1962
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Rights:
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Context:
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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). |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.ap62.79.1.R.tif
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