The Shannon Portrait of the Hon. Robert Boyle, F.R.S. (1627–1691)

• 1689
• Johann Kerseboom, British
• 50 x 40 in.
  Oil on canvas
• On display in Making Modernity
• Purchased with funds from Eugene Garfield and the Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust
• 2001.002.001
• No known copyright restrictions

Description

Sir Robert Boyle (1627–1691), shown in a long curled wig, white neck cravat, and black coat. He is seated in an upholstered chair, looking out to the viewer as he turns the page of a book with his left hand and gestures toward the book with the right.