Artwork
Nathaniel West, Jr.
Nathaniel West, Jr. is an unspecified painting by the American Folk Art artist James Frothingham. It dates from 1823 and is held in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
About this work
Overview
Nathaniel West, Jr. is a portrait painted by James Frothingham in 1823. It is part of the American folk art movement and is held in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Subject & Meaning
The portrait depicts a man with fair skin and brown hair, dressed in attire suggesting upper-class or professional status. His neutral expression gazes directly at the viewer.
Technique & Style
Frothingham's use of a dark background highlights the subject's features. The man's clothing and hairstyle are rendered in detail, with a focus on realism characteristic of folk art portraiture.
History & Provenance
The painting was created by James Frothingham, an American portrait painter active in Massachusetts and New York, who was also the father of painter Sarah C. Frothingham.
Artist & collection
Artist
James Frothingham (1786–1864) was an American portrait painter in Massachusetts and New York. He was the father of the painter Sarah C. Frothingham.
Augustus Fielding Hawkins
Horace Collamore
Nikolai Sinebrychoff
Portrait of Laurens de Witte van Citters, Father of Jhr. J de Witte van Citters (who bequeathed a number of family portraits to the museum)
John Scoville
Joseph Warren Revere
John Smith Warner (?)
Cornelius Allerton
Henry Rice
Revd Owen Jones, Llanfair Caereinion
Roswell Gleason
Dr. James Stuart; Mary Campbell Stuart