Portrait of Genio C. Scott

Eastman Johnson painted “Portrait of Genio C. Scott” in 1859. The work is oil on canvas. It is housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

The painting’s subject, Genio C. Scott, was an author known for writing on fishing and angling. Johnson’s portrait captures Scott in a formal pose against a dark background.

Johnson was a co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He studied Dutch masters in The Hague during the 1850s, influencing his style.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.475