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Painting
Portrait of a Man
Unknown Gentleman
Henry Benbridge, (Philadelphia, PA, 1743 - 1812, Philadelphia, PA)
Benbridge, Henry
United States
1743 - 1812
Male
Zoffany, Johann
Germany
1733 - 1810
Male
Previous attribution
29 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (74.3 x 48.9 cm)
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American art, men, paintings, portraits
Painting
This portrait was attributed to the German artist Johann Zoffany when it was acquired by Memorial Art Gallery in 1966. Prompted by MAG director Harris Prior, Smithsonian curator Robert Stewart investigated further and came to the conclusion that the American-born portraitist Henry Benbridge was the true artist. Shortly thereafter, this portrait was loaned to an exhibit of Benbridge’s work in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. Stewart described it as “one of the nicest of what I call his ‘portraits in the small.’” The elongated forehead, proportionately small body, and decorative plant matter in the foreground are hallmarks of Benbridge’s style.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
1966.24
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
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