Rembrandt Peale, Portrait of Rosalba Peale
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Rembrandt Peale

Portrait of Rosalba Peale

ca. 1820

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
50.8 × 37 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-133538

Rembrandt Peale tutored his daughter Rosalba (1799-1874) in art and raised her as an independent and strong-minded woman. Author and critic John Neal wrote that "Her mind is excellent. Her father has always taught her to think for herself, to reason, and to be firm, without wrangling or argument, in the expression of her opinions." (Miller, Rembrandt Peale, 1778-1860, A Life in the Arts, 1985) Al…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase

Registry history

  • ca. 1820 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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