Rembrandt Peale

Rembrandt Peale
Self-portrait, 1828, Detroit Institute of Arts
Born(1778-02-22)February 22, 1778
near present-day Richboro, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedOctober 3, 1860(1860-10-03) (aged 82)
EducationParis (1808), (1809–1810), Great Britain (1832)
Known forArtist
Notable workRubens Peale with a Geranium, George Washington, Patriae Pater, Court of Death
MovementNeoclassical
Patron(s)Charles Willson Peale, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Rubens Peale, John Marshall, John C. Calhoun, Charles Mathews, Jean-Antoine Houdon, DeWitt Clinton, Thomas Sumter

Rembrandt Peale (February 22, 1778 – October 3, 1860) was an American artist and museum keeper. A prolific portrait painter, he was especially acclaimed for his likenesses of presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Peale's style was influenced by French neoclassicism after a stay in Paris in his early thirties.


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