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Head of a Negro
1777/1778 Dimensions 21 x 16ΒΌ in. (53.3 x 41.3 cm) Framed: 27 3/4 x 23 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. Medium Oil on canvas Detroit Institute of Arts | |||||||||
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John Singleton Copley (1738-1815)
John Singleton Copley was an American artist of the colonial period, famous for his portraits of important figures in colonial New England. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, his portraits were innovative in that they tended to portray their subjects with artifacts that were indicative of their lives. Copley demonstrated a genius for rendering surface textures and capturing emotional immediacy. | |||||||||
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