Benjamin Franklin | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This exhibition features several works depicting the brilliant writer, inventor, politician, patriot, and statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), who has been the subject of hundreds of portraits. The most famous of these was painted by Joseph Siffred Duplessis (1725–1802), Louis XVI's official portraitist, after Franklin arrived in Paris ...
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Two years later he exhibited this oval of Benjamin Franklin in a red coat with a fur collar, a painting which was the subject of much favorable comment. It was destined to become the artist’s most famous work and perhaps the best known image of the great American patriot.
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
His natural unpowdered hair, simple Quaker suits, and benign wit all stood in sharp contrast to the norms of diplomatic circles in which Franklin moved. Franklin's celebrity attracted fashionable hostesses and crowds in the street alike and his image was widely disseminated by the leading artists of the time.
Bust of Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) - Philadelphia Museum of Art
While minister from the American colonies to France from 1776 to 1785, Benjamin Franklin was a popular celebrity. The rage for his likeness resulted in images ranging from marble busts and …
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin is a 1767 portrait painting by the Scottish artist David Martin of the American politician and inventor Benjamin Franklin. It was painted during his lengthy residence in London when he was acting as colonial agent for Pennsylvania, Georgia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. [1]
Benjamin Franklin by David Martin - White House Historical …
The portrait of Benjamin Franklin was commissioned by Robert Alexander, of the firm of William Alexander & Sons, Edinburgh. The impressive beribboned document held by Franklin in the portrait is not a treaty or an Act of Parliament, but one of Alexander's deeds!
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) | Harvard Art Museums
Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/17/1975 - 09/22/1975
All About the Benjamins: Art Depicting Ben Franklin
Explore artworks depicting Ben Franklin from the museum’s collection along with related content and resources.
Benjamin Franklin - The Art Institute of Chicago
Philadelphia Museum of Art: “In Pursuit of Genius: Jean-Antoine Houdon and the Sculpted Portraits of Benjamin Franklin,” May 13-July 30, 2006, fig. 10, (ill.), p. 8 [brochure].
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) | Harvard Art Museums
Duplessis captures the charming manner, thick belly, modest style of dress, and loose, unpowdered hair that helped elevate Franklin into something of a celebrity in refined Parisian circles. Duplessis’s painting was one of three portraits of Franklin exhibited to …