John Smibert

(American, Scottish, 1688–1751)

Room Paintings holds one painting by John Smibert, from the Art Institute of Chicago. It dates from 1733. We file it under 18th-Century Painting. Its subject is portraits. It suits the staircase.

Styles

18th-Century Painting 1

Rooms

Staircase 1

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago 1

The painting

Portrait of a light-skinned man in a long white wig and red-orange coat, holding a folded piece of paper and standing next to a desk, a large sailing ship off his left shoulder.

John Smibert Richard Bill, 1733 Art Institute of Chicago