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Portrait of a Man, 1790–99. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 127 × 102 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Portrait of a Man
- Artist
- Benjamin West (American, active England, 1738-1820)
- Date
- 1790–99
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 127 × 102 cm (50 × 40 1/8 in.); Framed: 152.4 × 128.3 × 11.5 cm (60 × 50 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of the Family of Byron L. Smith
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1738–1820
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.