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George Washington

ca. 1846
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774
When he was eighteen, Rembrandt Peale painted a portrait of Washington from life in the presence of his father, Charles Willson Peale. During the remainder of his career, Rembrandt demonstrated a near obsession with Washington and replicated this famous portrait seventy-nine times. The stone oval derives from the seventeenth-century European fashion for tromp l'oeil stone casements, a format Peale may have observed during periods of study in Europe.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: George Washington
  • Artist: Rembrandt Peale (American, Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1778–1860 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Date: ca. 1846
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 36 1/8 x 29 1/8 in. (91.76 x 73.98 cm)
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.109.86
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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