Job Perit
1790
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
36 1/8 x 29 3/4 in. (91.8 x 75.6 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1965
Accession Number
65.254.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Job Perit** (1790) by Reuben Moul is a striking oil-on-canvas portrait measuring 36 1/8 x 29 3/4 inches, housed in The American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art This work captures the poised figure of Job Perit, a man whose direct gaze and formal attire evoke the poised confidence of early post-Revolutionary America. Donated in 1965 by Edgar and Bernice Chrysler Garisch, it exemplifies the tradition of commissioned portraits that celebrated individual status amid the young nation's growth. Painted at the dawn of the Federal period, the piece reflects how American artists like Moulthro...