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Self Portrait

Self Portrait

Artist: James Arthur Benade (American, 1823 - 1853)

Date: 1839
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Canvas: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Credit Line:Gift, Estate of E. H. Benade
Object number: 1940.191.1
Painted when the artist was still a teenager, this proud Self-Portrait depicts the young, rising artist as self-assured and elegantly dressed. He painted a few documented portraits, including one of his father, Bishop Andrew Benade, and the Bishop’s second wife, Maria Henry.
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