Production
[United States?] : [producer not identified], [between 1800 and 1830?]
Physical Description
1 painting : oil on glass ; 29.5 x 24.2 cm
Medium
glass
oil paint
oil painting (technique) aat
Local Notes
BEIN 2022 Folio 22: Accompanied by: Painted glass frame (36.8 x 26.6 cm) with oval openning of clear glass for the portrait.
Notes
Title from caption below image.
After the painting by Amédée Van Loo.
Summary
A reverse oil painting on glass that depicts Benjamin Franklin in bust portrait three-quarters to right with long, natural hair and wearing a blue coat with gold buttons; after the Charles Philippe Amédée van Loo portrait.
Variant and related titles
Benjamin Franklin
Added to Catalog
July 27, 2022
Genre/Form
Oil paintings (visual works)
Portraits.
Also listed under
Benjamin Franklin Collection (Yale University. Library)
United States.