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- Title
A Tale of Two Portraits: Motivations Behind Self-Fashioning in Seventeenth-Century Boston Portraiture.
- Authors
LLEWELLYN, SUSAN M.
- Abstract
The article discusses the 1670s portrait paintings of John Freake and Samuel Shrimpton, both merchants from Boston, Massachusetts, and examines the personal, political, and religious factors that contributed to the ways they are portrayed in the paintings. It explores the styles of the portraits, Freake's being a representation of the Elizabethan English Native School and Shrimpton's being a reflection of the English Baroque methods, and analyzes ways in which these portrayals comment on Boston's transition from its Puritan foundings to a secularized society during this period.
- Subjects
BOSTON (Mass.); MASSACHUSETTS; 17TH century portrait painting; FREAKE, John; SHRIMPTON, Samuel; BAROQUE portrait painting; PORTRAIT painting techniques; MERCHANTS; HISTORY of Boston, Mass.; COLONIAL Massachusetts, ca. 1600-1775
- Publication
Historical Journal of Massachusetts, 2011, Vol 39, Issue 1/2, p8
- ISSN
0276-8313
- Publication type
Article