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Self-Portrait

Artist Rembrandt Peale (1778 - 1860)

Date1846

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions27 × 22 in. (68.6 × 55.9 cm)
Framed: 37 in. × 31 in. × 3 1/2 in.

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2016.13

Signedl.r. R. Peale 1846

Accession number 2016.13

On View

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ProvenanceRosalba Peale Underwood [1799-1874] (Artist’s daughter); by descent to Grafton B. Wirgman, East Orange, NJ (her great-nephew and Artist’s great-grandson); by descent to Carol Wirgman, East Orange, NJ (his daughter and Artist’s great-great granddaughter). (James Graham & Sons, New York). Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge [1882-1973], Madison, NJ; to Estate of Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, 1973; to (Sotheby’s, New York, NY), October 31, 1975, lot 12; purchased by Henry S. McNeil [d. 1983], Philadelphia, PA; a Philadelphia Estate; to (Christie’s, New York, NY), November 30, 1999, sale 9254, lot 6; purchased by Private Collection; to (Sotheby’s, New York, NY), May 18, 2016, sale N09503, lot 41; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2016
Label TextRembrandt Peale stands as one of several talented and successful artists born of the highly influential Peale family of Philadelphia. Collectively, the family made a lasting impact on American art through the establishment of museums and art academies, as well as through their associations with many important members of early American society.

Peale painted numerous self-portraits throughout his career, starting when he was only 13 years old and continuing until age 78. In this self-portrait, he is 68 years old.

Rembrandt Peale es uno de varios talentosos y exitosos artistas sobresalientes de la poderosa familia Peale de Filadelfia. En conjunto, la familia ha dejado una huella permanente en el arte norteamericano mediante el establecimiento de museos y academias de arte, y de relaciones con muchos miembros importantes de la sociedad norteamericana de la época.

Durante su carrera, Peale pintó muchos autorretratos, habiendo comenzado cuando tenía sólo 13 años, y continuado hasta los 78 años. En este autorretrato, tenía 68 años de edad.
Inscribedl.r., beneath frame: painted in / 1848 [sic] / Rembrandt Peale / by himself