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William Dudley

1729
oil on canvas
90.49 x 71.12 cm (35 5/8 x 28 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

notes
Son of an early governor of Massachusetts, Dudley was a prominent politician. His luxurious clothing, dramatic pose, and the rich palette are typical of the early Baroque style. Compared with contemporary London works, however, Dudley's face is depicted with a high degree of individuality and realism. Portraits made for the European aristocracy often...
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Title Portrait Of Edmund Quincy

Oil on Canvas
36 x 31 in. / 91.4 x 78.7 cm.

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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Thomas Hancock

1730
oil on canvas
76.2 x 63.5 cm (30 x 25 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

notes
Born into a famiy of modest clergymen, Hancock became one of the richest and most powerful men in Boston. He commissioned this portrait and one of Lydia Henchman on the occasion of their marriage. According to Smibert's notebooks, these relatively small, three-quarter views were the cheapest portraits the artist offered, suggesting that at this point...
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Richard Bill

1733
oil on canvas
127.6 x 102.2 cm (50 1/4 x 48 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

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Portrait Of Major General Paul Mascarene

1729
oil on canvas
40 9/16 x 31 5/8 in. (103 x 80.4 cm)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles, CA

notes
Museum purchase with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison Collection, Charles H. Quinn Bequest, Eli Harvey, and other donors
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Parting Of Hector And Andromache

about 1750
oil on canvas
126.68 x 101.6 cm (49 7/8 x 40 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Nathaniel Byfield

1730
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Mrs. William Dudley (Elizabeth Davenport)

1729
oil on canvas
91.76 x 71.44 cm (36 1/8 x 28 1/8 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

notes
Smibert had been in the colonies only a few months when the Dudleys commissioned him to paint these portraits in the latest continental style. Such portraits were great luxuries, indicating the Dudley's wealth, ambition, and desire to stay abreast of European trends. The rich, skillfully painted fabrics that drape the sitter demonstrate both this and...
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Mrs. Tyng

1729
oil on canvas
90.8 x 71.44 cm (35 3/4 x 28 1/8 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Mrs. John Pitts

1735
oil on canvas
Framed: 42 3/4 x 34 7/16 x 2 1/8 in. (108.59 x 87.47 x 5.4 cm) 36 1/8 x 28 3/4 in. 91.8 x 73.0 cm

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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