Portrait of Professor Benjamin H. Rand
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Portrait of Professor Benjamin H. Rand is an 1874 painting by Thomas Eakins
. It is oil
on canvas
and depicts Benjamin H. Rand
, a doctor at Jefferson Medical College who taught Eakins anatomy. In the painting, Rand is reading a book while petting a cat.
The portrait was the first Eakins made of someone outside his family. It is a prelude to what his considered his most important painting, The Gross Clinic
(1875). Rand donated it to Jefferson Medical College when he retired, and it has been housed there since.
In April 2007, it was purchased by Alice L. Walton for an estimated US$20 million and will be housed at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Thomas Eakins
Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator...
. It is oil
Oil painting
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil—especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankincense; these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body...
on canvas
Canvas
Canvas is an extremely heavy-duty plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, and other items for which sturdiness is required. It is also popularly used by artists as a painting surface, typically stretched across a wooden frame...
and depicts Benjamin H. Rand
Benjamin H. Rand
Benjamin Howard Rand was an American academic physician at Jefferson Medical College. He is depicted in Portrait of Professor Benjamin H. Rand, an 1874 painting by Thomas Eakins. It is oil on canvas and depicts Rand reading a book while petting a cat.Rand was born in Philadelphia and graduated...
, a doctor at Jefferson Medical College who taught Eakins anatomy. In the painting, Rand is reading a book while petting a cat.
The portrait was the first Eakins made of someone outside his family. It is a prelude to what his considered his most important painting, The Gross Clinic
The Gross Clinic
The Gross Clinic, or, The Clinic of Dr. Gross, is an 1875 painting by American artist Thomas Eakins. It is oil on canvas and measures by . Dr. Samuel D. Gross, a seventy-year-old professor dressed in a black frock coat, lectures a group of Jefferson Medical College students...
(1875). Rand donated it to Jefferson Medical College when he retired, and it has been housed there since.
In April 2007, it was purchased by Alice L. Walton for an estimated US$20 million and will be housed at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
External links
- Portrait of Professor Benjamin H. Rand via the Eakins Gallery