Portrait of Professor Benjamin H. Rand
Portrait of Professor Benjamin H. Rand is an 1874 painting by Thomas Eakins. It is oil on canvas and depicts Benjamin H. Rand, a doctor at Jefferson Medical College who taught Eakins anatomy. In the painting, Rand is reading a book while petting a cat.
In April 2007, it was purchased by Alice L. Walton for an estimated US$20 million and will be housed at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art with another Eakins painting, The Gross Clinic.[1]
References
- ^ Vogel, Carol (April 12, 2007). Philadelphia School Sells a Second Eakins. New York Times
External links
- Portrait of Professor Benjamin H. Rand via the Eakins Gallery