The Trial of Red Jacket
1869
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 59.7 × 91.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-130407
Red Jacket (1758-1830) was a famous leader of the Seneca tribe of the Iroquois Nation. In this ambitious painting, John Mix Stanley showed the chief defending himself against a charge of witchcraft. Under his white robe is the red jacket given to him by a British officer for his help as a messenger during the American Revolution. Stanley trained as a portrait painter, and all of the figures in th…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George M. Stanley (grandson of the artist) and family and museum purchase
Registry history
- 1869 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
Registered on Collect24
The identity of the collector is never published. Purchase information, documents and the exact location of the artwork remain private.
Ownership not yet verified on Collect24
This artwork is documented in the Global Art Registry, but no Collect24 account is linked to it as the owner. Claiming keeps this record and its Collect24 Art ID — nothing is created a second time.
Do you own or represent this artwork? Claim this artwork →Auction history
Public sale records matched to this work. Ownership is never disclosed.
Loading sale records…