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Idealized Portrait

Idealized Portrait

Public Domain

Idealized Portrait
ArtistAmerican, 1778–1860
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Idealized Portrait
Datec. 1845
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 25 1/2 × 30 3/4 in. (64.8 × 78.1 cm)
 Frame: 28 × 32 3/4 in. (71.1 × 83.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank J. Hevrdejs
Object number2004.2104
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Chillman Parlor
On view

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Department
American Art
Object Type
ProvenanceRichard Boren; to a private estate, Hyannisport, Massachusetts; to a private collection, Maine; to the Hevrdejs collection, Houston, Texas.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated lower right on the chair rail: "R. Peale 1845."

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