Portrait of Joshua Reynolds

Portrait of Joshua Reynolds is a 1784 portrait painting by the American artist Gilbert Stuart. It depicts the British painter Sir Joshua Reynolds, the President of the Royal Academy. Reynolds was a leading portraitist and had been a founder of the Royal Academy and became its first president 1768.^[1] While he produced a number of self-portraits, Reynolds rarely posed for other artists.^[2] It was noted for its inclusion of a snuff box rather than an artist's palette or brushes that might have been expected in a depiction of a well-known artist.^[3]

Portrait of Joshua Reynolds
Artist	Gilbert Stuart
Year	1784
Type	Oil on canvas, portrait painting
Dimensions	91.6 cm × 76.4 cm (36.1 in × 30.1 in)
Location	National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Reynold sat for the painting in July 1784.^[4] The painting was commissioned by John Boydell and was exhibited at the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery in 1786. It was one of fifteen portraits of celebrated artists displayed in the gallery.^[2] Today it is the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., having been acquired in 1942.^[5]

See also

• Self-Portrait (Reynolds), a 1780 self-portrait by Reynolds
• Portrait of Benjamin West (Stuart), a 1785 portrait by Stuart of Reynolds' successor as President of the Royal Academy