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1559 - Curiosities - Portrait of George Washington after Gilbert Stuart, 1796. R. Kinson, 1898, signed "N. Gilbert Stuart 1796, painted by R. Kinson 1898," oil on canvas, stretcher-mounted, wooden frame, with a handwritten exhibition label on the reverse reading "Leidsche Kunstkring, Lakenhal, Leiden." Signs of age, old restorations. Dimensions: approx. 92 x 73 cm. With frame: approx. 110 x 90 cm.
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Curiosities - Portrait of George Washington after Gilbert Stuart, 1796. R. Kinson, 1898, signed "N. Gilbert Stuart 1796, painted by R. Kinson 1898," oil on canvas, stretcher-mounted, wooden frame, with a handwritten exhibition label on the reverse reading "Leidsche Kunstkring, Lakenhal, Leiden." Signs of age, old restorations. Dimensions: approx. 92 x 73 cm. With frame: approx. 110 x 90 cm. High-quality copy based on the famous Athenaeum portrait of Washington. The Athenaeum Portrait is an unfinished portrait of U.S. President George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, begun in 1796. It is Stuart’s most famous work and served as the model for the one-dollar bill. The Leidsche Kunstkring was a historic art and cultural association in the Dutch city of Leiden, founded in 1926. The association organized concerts, lectures, and art exhibitions (including at the De Lakenhal Museum). - Portrait of George Washington after Gilbert Stuart 1796. R. Kinson 1898, signed, “N. Gilbert Stuart 1796 pinx R. Kinson 1898,” oil on canvas. Wooden frame. Reverse side bears a handwritten exhibition label reading “Leidsche Kunstkring, Lakenhal, Leiden.” Signs of age, old restorations. Dimensions approx. 92 x 73 cm, with frame 110 x 90 cm. High-quality copy based on the famous Athenaeum Portrait. The Athenaeum Portrait is an unfinished painting by the artist Gilbert Stuart of U.S. President George Washington. Created in 1796, it is Stuart’s most notable work. The painting depicts Washington at age 64, about three years before his death, against a brown background. It served as the model for the engraving that would be used for Washington’s portrait on the U.S. one-dollar bill.
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