American Colonial Era Painter, 1738-1815
John Singleton Copley (1738[1] - 1815) was an American painter, born presumably in Boston, Massachusetts and a son of Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Irish. He is famous for his portrait paintings of important figures in colonial New England, depicting in particular middle-class subjects. His paintings were innovative in their tendency to depict artifacts relating to these individuals' lives.
Portrait of Rebecca Boylston
Portrait of Rebecca Boylston
Painting ID:: 33825
mk86
1767
Oil on canvas
127x101.6cm
Boston,Museum of Fine Arts
mk86
1767
Oil on canvas
127x101.6cm
Boston,Museum of Fine Arts
John Singleton Copley American Colonial Era Painter, 1738-1815
John Singleton Copley (1738[1] - 1815) was an American painter, born presumably in Boston, Massachusetts and a son of Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Irish. He is famous for his portrait paintings of important figures in colonial New England, depicting in particular middle-class subjects. His paintings were innovative in their tendency to depict artifacts relating to these individuals' lives. Portrait of Rebecca Boylston 1767 (Rococo), one of his early works
Oil on canvas
129.9 ?? 102.2 cm (51.1 ?? 40.2 in)
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