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Jonathan Richardson, the elder

Portrait of Isaac Richardson

1735
Graphite on vellum
13.5 × 10.1 cm (5.3 × 4 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Jonathan Richardson was a portrait painter, author, and collector, who often copied Old Master drawings in his collection. His second son, Isaac, died at sea in 1721 at the age of 17. Based on a painting of 1712, this compelling image was part of a group of portraits on vellum that Richardson drew in the 1730s as a record of those closest to him.

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