Francis Brinley

John Smibert

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The portrait depicts a man with curly gray hair wearing a reddish-brown suit with a white shirt. He sits in a wooden chair with green upholstery, his hands clasped together in front of him. The suit consists of a long jacket with buttons down the front and on the sleeves, a matching vest, and matching pants. The shirt has ruffled cuffs and a necktie. The background shows a landscape with a tree to the right of the man, and a distant view of buildings near a body of water. The sky is cloudy. The overall color palette is muted with earth tones. Francis Brinley by John Smibert.