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'''Rembrandt Peale''' (Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1778 - Philadelphia, 1860) [[American]] Neoclassical [[painter]]. The son of painter Charles Willson Peale, he is considered one of the most distinguished painters of the 19th American century.
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At the age of seventeen he painted the last portrait of [[George Washington]] to be done from life. [http://www.askart.com/askart/p/rembrandt_peale/rembrandt_peale.aspx]
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In 1824, Peale painted a portrait of Washington through an stone oval window; this window is decorated with a garland of oak leaves, and it is surmounted by the ''Phydian head of Jupiter''. It was purchased by Congress in 1832 and still hangs in the US Capitol. The portrait became known as his "Porthole" picture. Peale also painted the portraits of [[Thomas Jefferson]] (1805), John C. Calhoun, William Henry Harrison and Chief Justice John Marshall. He completed over 600 paintings.
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File:George washington 3.jpg|George Washington (ca. 1795 - 1823).
File:Rembrandt Peale The Roman Daughter.jpg|The Roman Daughter, 1811.
File:Rembrandt Peale Equestrian Portrait of George Washington.jpg|Equestrian Portrait of George Washington.
File:Rembrandt Peale Washington Before Yorktown.jpg|[[George Washington]] Before Yorktown, 1823.
File:Rembrandt Peale George Washington Patriae Pater.jpg|Patriæ Pater, 1824.
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== See also ==
*[[Painting Masterpieces]]
*[[Painting Galleries]]
*[[Gallery of American Masterpieces]]
*[[Edward Savage]]
==External links==
*[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/peale_rembrandt.html Rembrandt Peale] ARTCYCLOPEDIA
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[[Category:American Painters]]
<blockquote>
At the age of seventeen he painted the last portrait of [[George Washington]] to be done from life. [http://www.askart.com/askart/p/rembrandt_peale/rembrandt_peale.aspx]
</blockquote>
In 1824, Peale painted a portrait of Washington through an stone oval window; this window is decorated with a garland of oak leaves, and it is surmounted by the ''Phydian head of Jupiter''. It was purchased by Congress in 1832 and still hangs in the US Capitol. The portrait became known as his "Porthole" picture. Peale also painted the portraits of [[Thomas Jefferson]] (1805), John C. Calhoun, William Henry Harrison and Chief Justice John Marshall. He completed over 600 paintings.
<center>
<gallery perrow="5">
File:George washington 3.jpg|George Washington (ca. 1795 - 1823).
File:Rembrandt Peale The Roman Daughter.jpg|The Roman Daughter, 1811.
File:Rembrandt Peale Equestrian Portrait of George Washington.jpg|Equestrian Portrait of George Washington.
File:Rembrandt Peale Washington Before Yorktown.jpg|[[George Washington]] Before Yorktown, 1823.
File:Rembrandt Peale George Washington Patriae Pater.jpg|Patriæ Pater, 1824.
</gallery>
</center>
== See also ==
*[[Painting Masterpieces]]
*[[Painting Galleries]]
*[[Gallery of American Masterpieces]]
*[[Edward Savage]]
==External links==
*[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/peale_rembrandt.html Rembrandt Peale] ARTCYCLOPEDIA
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[[Category:American Painters]]