Professor Benjamin Howard Rand
Professor Benjamin Howard Rand
Artist
Thomas Eakins
(1844 - 1916)
Date1874
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions60 × 48 in. (152.4 × 121.9 cm)
Framed: 75 5/8 × 63 5/8 × 6 1/4 in.
Framed: 75 5/8 × 63 5/8 × 6 1/4 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2007.167
Signedc.l.: Eakins 74
Accession number
2007.167
On View
Not on viewCollections
Label TextIn the late nineteenth century, professional fields for men expanded. Benjamin Rand, a Professor at Jefferson Medical College, represents this growing professional class. Rand is lost in thought at his desk, which is cluttered with scientific instruments and personal items, including a flower and a bowtie. Absently petting his cat, Rand is poised between the world of intellect and the comforts of home.
The portrait won Thomas Eakins a place at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial’s international art exhibition, where it won critical acclaim.
A finales del siglo XIX, hubo una expansión en los campos profesionales para hombres. Benjamin Rand, profesor de Jefferson Medical College, representa a esta creciente clase profesional. En esta obra, aparece ensimismado en su escritorio, el cual está repleto de instrumentos científicos y objetos personales, entre ellos una flor y un corbatín. Acariciando distraídamente a su gato, Rand se debate entre el mundo del intelecto y las comodidades de su hogar.
Con este retrato, Thomas Eakins obtuvo un lugar en la Exposición internacional de arte del Centenario de Filadelfia en 1876, donde recibió excelentes críticas.
