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Joseph-Siffred Duplessis: Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

Artist



Alternative names	Joseph-Siffred Duplessis; Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis; Joseph Siffrein Duplessis
Description	French portrait painter
Date of birth/death	22 September 1725	1 April 1802
Location of birth/death	Carpentras, near Avignon	Versailles
Work period	1740s-1801
Work location	Carpentras, Lyon, Paris, Rome
Authority file	: Q2286906 VIAF: 27199685 ISNI: 0000000083667441 ULAN: 500016763 LCCN: n85235630 MusicBrainz: 094af2df-445d-4d9d-891e-58b88bb6fd38 WorldCat

Title

English: Portrait of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Benjamin Franklin

Date

1778

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 72.4 cm (28.5 in); width: 58.4 cm (22.9 in) oval

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Accession number

32.100.132 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Exhibition history

Salon of 1779, 25 August 1779 - 3 October 1779

References

Source/Photographer

metmuseum.org

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:13, 25 April 2017	1,574 × 1,977 (4.44 MB)	Revent (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 10:26, 9 February 2012 (UTC) - COM:OVERWRITE - upload major changes as a separate file
	21:02, 4 April 2017	3,370 × 4,243 (20.84 MB)	Pixel8tor (talk \| contribs)	new version, higher res, adjusted color
	10:26, 9 February 2012	1,574 × 1,977 (4.44 MB)	Mathiasrex (talk \| contribs)	new version
	08:56, 19 January 2012	1,574 × 1,977 (3.21 MB)	Scewing (talk \| contribs)	hi-res from same source
	21:14, 26 November 2010	843 × 1,041 (1.49 MB)	Mathiasrex (talk \| contribs)	new version
	21:10, 26 November 2010	843 × 1,041 (1.02 MB)	Mathiasrex (talk \| contribs)	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1=Benjamin Franklin}} \|Source=http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/european_paintings/benjamin_franklin_1706_1790_joseph_siffred_duplessis//objectview.aspx?OID=110000676&collID=11&dd1=11 \|Author=Joseph