Robert Berrett
Artist
Raphaelle Peale
(American, 1774 - 1825)
Dateca. 1800
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 28 x 24 1/8 inches (71.12 x 61.28 cm)
Framed: 33 7/8 x 30 1/8 inches (86.04 x 76.52 cm)
Framed: 33 7/8 x 30 1/8 inches (86.04 x 76.52 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice B. Hansell
Object number51-59
SignedNone.
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a man facing right, dressed in a blue coat, white vest, and white wig.Published ReferencesWinifred Shields, “Ancestor Portrait Show Leads to Bizarre Family
Reunion,” Kansas City Star, 3 April 1953, 20 (artist as Unknown);
The Century of Mozart, exh. cat. (Kansas City, Mo.: William Rock-
hill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts,
1956), 14, 30; NAMA 1959, 257; Hilton Kramer, “The Peales: Artists and Others,” New York Times, 5 February 1967, sec. 2, 27;
W. H. Gerdts, “The Peale Family at Detroit and Utica,” Burlington
Magazine 109 (April 1967), 261; Charles Elam, The Peale Family:
Three Generations of American Artists, exh. cat. (Detroit: Detroit
Institute of Arts and Wayne State University Press, 1967), 16, 91–
92; NAMA 1973, 254; Lillian B. Miller, “Father and Son: The Relationship of Charles Willson Peale and Raphaelle Peale,” American
Art Journal 25 (1993), 38, 44.
Reunion,” Kansas City Star, 3 April 1953, 20 (artist as Unknown);
The Century of Mozart, exh. cat. (Kansas City, Mo.: William Rock-
hill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts,
1956), 14, 30; NAMA 1959, 257; Hilton Kramer, “The Peales: Artists and Others,” New York Times, 5 February 1967, sec. 2, 27;
W. H. Gerdts, “The Peale Family at Detroit and Utica,” Burlington
Magazine 109 (April 1967), 261; Charles Elam, The Peale Family:
Three Generations of American Artists, exh. cat. (Detroit: Detroit
Institute of Arts and Wayne State University Press, 1967), 16, 91–
92; NAMA 1973, 254; Lillian B. Miller, “Father and Son: The Relationship of Charles Willson Peale and Raphaelle Peale,” American
Art Journal 25 (1993), 38, 44.
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