Fine Art

Samuel Dexter (1726-1810), after John Johnston — History & Facts

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Samuel Dexter, son of Samuel Dexter (1725-1810), to Harvard College, 1814

More Artworks by James Frothingham

Portrait of Henry Ware, Sr. by James Frothingham, wood medium

Henry Ware, Sr. (1764-1845)

James Frothingham

Portrait of Benjamin Waterhouse, wood medium, by James Frothingham

Benjamin Waterhouse (1754-1846)

James Frothingham

Portrait of James Walker, oil on canvas by James Frothingham

James Walker (1794-1874)

James Frothingham

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More Portrait Art

A young girl in a pale dress stands center surrounded by figures including two women, a dwarf, a dog, and a man with a brush beside a large canvas.

Las Meninas

Diego Velázquez

A European girl wearing a blue headscarf with a yellow drape and a large pearl earring against a dark background.

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Johannes Vermeer

A man wearing a heavy brown coat and dark fur hat with a white bandage on his right ear clenches a wooden pipe between his lips as smoke rises.

Self-portrait with a Bandaged Ear and Pipe

Unidentified artist

Marie de' Medici stands in a lavish black and gold gown with a golden mantle and helmet, crowned by two winged putti above her, with armor and weapons at her feet against a dramatic sky.

Portrait de Marie de Médicis

Peter Paul Rubens

A seated woman in a deep blue and gold gown with a starched white ruff, holding flowers, against a red curtain and grand architectural background.

Anne of Austria, Queen of France

Peter Paul Rubens

Equestrian portrait of Charles Colonna, Duke of Marsi by Peter Paul Rubens, depicting the Duke on a rearing warhorse.

Equestrian portrait of Charles Colonna, Duke of Marsi

Peter Paul Rubens

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