John Smibert

[Scottish-born American Colonial Era Painter, 1688-1751]

• Subject matter:	Specializes in Portraits.
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Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries:

Art Institute of Chicago Collection Database   NEW!
Richard Bill

Dallas Museum of Art, Texas   NEW!
Edward Nightengale, ca.1722-24
Eleanor Nightengale, 1727

John Smibert at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
John Nelson, 1732

John Smibert at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
4 works by John Smibert online

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Paintings collection online

Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Maine (Zoomable)   NEW!
Portrait of James Bowdoin II, 1736

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Maine (Zoomable)   NEW!
Portrait of Reverend James MacSparran, 1735

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Maine (Zoomable)   NEW!
The Continence of Scipio, ca.1719-22

Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York City
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Mrs. Thomas Bulfinch

Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts   NEW!

John Smibert in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database

National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut
Benjamin

Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)

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Pictures from Image Archives:

John Smibert in the Art Renewal Center

John Smibert at CGFA

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John Smibert at The Athenaeum
25 works online

Articles:

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Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
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John Smibert: Colonial America's First Portrait Painter

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