Artist:

Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827  Search this

Sitter:

Amerigo Vespucci, Mar 1454 - 22 Feb 1512  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Stretcher: 58.4 x 48.3cm (23 x 19")

Frame: 65.1 x 55.9 x 3.2cm (25 5/8 x 22 x 1 1/4")

Type:

Painting

Date:

1816

Provenance:

Peale Museum, Philadelphia; Peale Museum sale, 1854, number 2; Wilson C. Swann, Philadelphia; gift 1859 to Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; transferred to the Atwater Kent Museum (now the Philadelphia History Museum); deaccessioned to (Christie's, New York, 29 September 2010, bought in); purchased 2011 NPG

Topic:

Amerigo Vespucci: Male  Search this

Amerigo Vespucci: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer  Search this

Amerigo Vespucci: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this

Amerigo Vespucci: Science and Technology\Navigator  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.2011.14

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm480e50a7c-cea1-4977-aeb6-431f48db15a4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2011.14