Francis Brerewood
Benedict Leonard Calvert, Jr.
1726-1731
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 46 1/2 x 36 x 3 in. (118.1 x 91.4 x 7.6 cm) Sight: 38 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (97.8 x 69.9 cm) Unframed: 39 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (100.3 x 74.9 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dr. Hugh Young
Object Number
1945.67
Full length, seated
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1945; Dr. Hugh Young, 1934; Halum Tuck, 1933, by purchase; Sotheby's London, July 26, 1933; Sir Thomas Calvert Eden, Baronet of Maryland, by descent.
Enoch Pratt Library, 1933
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. April 23 - June 5, 1960. Cat #6, p. 10, repr. p. 4.
"The Painter and the New World", The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, June 8 - July 30, 1967. cat #147, repr.
Exhibition at Governor's Mansion: June 1 - September 1, 1978. Replacement for State paintings during conservation.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. April 23 - June 5, 1960. Cat #6, p. 10, repr. p. 4.
"The Painter and the New World", The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, June 8 - July 30, 1967. cat #147, repr.
Exhibition at Governor's Mansion: June 1 - September 1, 1978. Replacement for State paintings during conservation.
Anne E. Yentsch, "A Chesapeake Family and Their Slaves: A Study in Historical Archaeology," Cambridge University Press: 1944, p 75. ill Fig 4.1, caption reads "Portrait of Benedict Leonard Calvert at Woodcote Park ca 1726 by Franics Brerewood. Some of the statues shown standing in wall niches may have been collected during his Grand Tour of Italy in 1724-5."
Antiques: A Magazine for Collectors and Others Interested in Times Past. January, 1934. Vol XXV, num. 1, pg. 14. illu.
Inscribed: Signed l/l: F. Brerewood Pinxt
