File:Gilbert Stuart - Portrait of George Washington - Walters 37171.jpg
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Gilbert Stuart: Portrait of George Washington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q41402 |
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Title |
Portrait of George Washington |
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | portrait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: In 1793, after working in London and Dublin for 18 years, Stuart returned to America. Two years later, he painted his first portrait of George Washington, showing the right side of the president's face, a format since known as the Vaughan type. In the spring of 1796, Washington again sat for Stuart, and the resulting portrait, which was never finished, was originally acquired by the Boston Athenaeum. Depicting the left side of the face, this second version was replicated many times, becoming an icon of American art.
The Baltimore art collector Robert Gilmor, Jr., for a fee of $150, commissioned the artist to paint this example of the Athaeneum format. It was Stuart's last likeness of Washington. |
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Depicted people | George Washington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1825 date QS:P571,+1825-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 77 cm (30.3 in); width: 64.5 cm (25.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,77U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,64.5U174728 ; Framed H with build-up: 40 9/16 x W: 34 15/16 x D: 5 3/8 in. (103.03 x 88.74 x 13.65 cm) |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
37.171 |
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Place of creation | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Exhibition history | Old and New England. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence. 1945. Man and His Years. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1954. The Taste of Maryland: Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984. Gilbert Stuart. National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 2004-2005. 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin. 2010-2011. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Acquired by William T. Walters, 1885 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | [Number] On back of canvas: - 202 r7 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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