After Joseph Silfrede Duplessis (French, 1725-1802)

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

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After Joseph Silfrede Duplessis (French, 1725-1802)
Duplessis, J.S. (after)
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
oil on canvas
27.5/8 x 22 in. (70.2 x 56.5 cm.) (oval)

Lot Essay

This portrait of Benjamin Franklin is a copy after the famous pastel, executed in 1778, by the French artist, Joseph Silfrede Duplessis (1725-1802). An oil portrait of Franklin by Duplessis is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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