The Portrait of Professor Benjamin H. Rand is an 1874 painting by the American artist Thomas Eakins.
It is an oil on canvas that depicts Benjamin H. Rand, a doctor at Jefferson Medical College who taught Eakins anatomy.
In the painting, Rand is sitting at the desk in his home office, which appears cluttered with both scientific and academic objects as well as everyday things, while reading a book and absentmindedly petting his cat.
[1] Rand donated it to Jefferson Medical College when he retired for health reasons in 1877.
It was subsequently purchased by Alice L. Walton for an estimated US$20 million in April 2007, to be housed at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.