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Like Peale and Gilbert Stuart (another great American portraitist of the period), Wertmüller was given the opportunity to paint George Washington from life and, like them, he hoped a demand for replicas would produce a steady income. In this likeness, executed in a strongly modeled academic style, Wertmüller depicts Washington as statesman rather than general. The velvet coat and cascading lace jabot document the president's love of fine dress and place him in the company of the wealthy, international social and political elites he routinely met in the elegant Philadelphia homes of the McKeans and Powels.
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Title: | Portrait of George Washington |
Date: | 1794 |
Artist: | Adolph Ulrich Wertmüller (Swedish (active United States), 1751–1811) |
Medium: | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions: | 25 3/8 x 21 1/8 inches (64.4 x 53.7 cm) |
Classification: | Paintings |
Credit Line: | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner, 1986 |
Accession Number: | 1986-100-1 |
Geography: | Made in United States, North and Central America |
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