벤저민 픽먼
ca. 1758-61
John Singleton Copley captured the swagger of colonial America perfectly in this portrait of wealthy Salem merchant Benjamin Pickman. Dressed in a sharp brown coat with flashy gold buttons and a bold red waistcoat, Pickman leans casually against a table, looking every bit the confident young elite of the 1760s. Copley, a self-taught prodigy who would later flee to London during the Revolutionary War, had a genius for making his subjects look both realistic and incredibly stylish. The way Pickman casually tucks his hand into his pocket while resting the other on a heavy book shows off a relaxed authority that was very much in vogue for the time.
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- Oil on canvas
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