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Mrs. Charles Willson Peale (Rachel Brewer)

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Date

c.1790

Artist

Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11717

Description

Peale painted this miniature of his first wife and another version just after her death. Both are based on an earlier, unlocated oil painting from 1771. Rachel Brewer (1744-1790) bore Peale eleven children, including the artists Raphaelle (q.v.), Rembrandt (1778-1860), and Rubens (1784-1865). Medium: watercolor on ivory.

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CC0 1.0

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Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

USA

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