Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic)  1875

by Thomas Eakins

The Gross Clinic is recognized as one of the greatest American paintings ever made. The young and little-known Eakins created it specifically for Philadelphia’s 1876 Centennial Exhibition, intending to showcase his talents as an artist and to honor the scientific achievements of his native Philadelphia. [br] Choosing the city’s world-famous surgeon and teacher Dr. Samuel ...
Size: 
8 feet x 6 feet 6 inches (243.8 x 198.1 cm)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art