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Artist in the Global Art Registry
John Smibert
1688–1751 · American
- Born
- 1688 · Edinburgh
- Died
- 1751 · Boston
18 works in the Collect24 Registry
Every work carries a permanent Collect24 Art ID, the way a book has an ISBN.
John Smibert was a Scottish-born painter who specialized in portrait painting. He was the first academically trained artist to work in the Thirteen Colonies.
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John Smibert (24 March 1688 – 2 April 1751) was a Scottish-born painter who specialised in portrait painting and was the first academically trained artist to work in the Thirteen Colonies.
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18
Registered works
18
In museum collections
0
In gallery collections
0
In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by John Smibert
Selected from 18 works by John Smibert in the Collect24 Registry.
John Smibert
Portrait of a Woman (Judith Colman Bulfinch?), c. 1734
oil on canvas
75.6 × 62.2 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-110790
John Smibert
Sir Francis Grant, Lord Cullen, 1658 - 1726. Judge, 1720
oil paint
76.5 × 63.5 cm
National Galleries Scotland
C24-460904
John Smibert
Thomas Hill (formerly Harwood) (1693-1782), 1722
oil paint
118.1 × 97.8 cm
National Trust
C24-185132
John Smibert
Portrait of a Man, ca. 1720–30
Oil on canvas
125.2 × 99.8 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-142074
John Smibert
A Member of the Livingston Family, ca. 1740
oil on canvas
76.4 × 63.4 × 3.6 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-139014
John Smibert
Mrs. Francis Brinley and Her Son Francis, 1729
Oil on canvas
127 × 99.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-137667
John Smibert
Hannah Pemberton, 1734
Oil on canvas
76.2 × 63.5 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-137112
John Smibert
Bishop George Berkeley, 1727?
Oil on canvas
102.2 × 75.6 × 3.8 cm
National Portrait Gallery
C24-121785
John Smibert
Peter Faneuil, c. 1742
Oil on canvas
126.4 × 101.6 cm
National Portrait Gallery
C24-121775
John Smibert
Francis Brinley, 1729
Oil on canvas
127 × 99.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-103554
John Smibert
Mrs. John Pitts, 1735
oil paint
Detroit Institute of Arts
C24-462071
John Smibert
Richard Bill, 1733
Oil on canvas
127.6 × 102.2 cm
Art Institute of Chicago
C24-106465
Museums and collections
Where works by John Smibert are registered
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
4 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
2 works
- Detroit Institute of Arts
United States
2 works
- National Portrait Gallery
Washington, D.C., United States
2 works
- Slovak national gallery
Bratislava, Slovakia
2 works
- Yale Center for British Art
United States
2 works
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
1 work
- National Galleries Scotland
United Kingdom
1 work
- National Trust
United Kingdom
1 work
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
1 work
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