Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860) George Washington, 1860 Oil on canvas, 35 ½ x 29 ¼ in.) Inscribed verso: Copy from my / Original Portrait of / Washington (1795) / Painted in my 83rd year / expressly for / Mrs. M. M.Phelps, Boston. / by / Rembrandt Peale / Philad. June 1860. Purchased with the funds donated by the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation Rembrandt Peale was a United States Neoclassical Painter. Best-known for his meticulously crafted portraits, Peale was born into a family whose artistic pursuits were nurtured by their famous father– Charles Willson Peale, an esteemed portraitist, soldier, and naturalist. His father’s favorite student among several talented children, Rembrandt, at age seventeen, was allowed a sitting with George Washington as a result of his encouraging parent’s high praises. In 1823, the artist created an image that he considered the definitive portrait of George Washington, which he referred to as “The Standard National Likeness.” The Albrecht-Kemper portrait, painted during the artist’s 83rd and final year, is among the artist’s last efforts to multiply the number of Washington portraits.