The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton
1900 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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About this work
- Artist
- Thomas Eakins (1844–1916)
- Year
- 1900
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 208.3 × 106.7 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Movement
- Realism
Louis Kenton, Eakins's brother-in-law, stands alone in a black suit with his hands in his pockets and his head bowed, against a plain ochre ground. The full-length figure with nothing around it recalls Velázquez, whom Eakins had studied in Madrid. It is one of his most admired late portraits and is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A tall, spare figure in black on ochre for a hallway, study or narrow wall, framed in black. It suits warm white, charcoal or deep green walls.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1900)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- intimate
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; dark wood warms it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
