Senator Thomas Hart Benton

Matthew Harris Jouett

Cleveland Museum of Art

Oil painting of a man with short, dark, curled hair wearing a black coat and white neck scarf against a gray background. The man is sitting and looking to his left with his right arm resting on something. He has a slight smile on his face. He has a double chin and rounded cheeks. The subject is wearing a black coat with a high collar. The neck scarf is folded in a triangular shape and tucked into the top of the coat. The subject's eyebrows are thin. The man has a small nose. The background is shades of gray. The painting is a portrait.