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| Keywords: Rembrandt Peale - Portrait of Dr Meer - Walters 372778.jpg Rembrandt was the son of the well-known Neoclassical portraitist Charles Willson Peale who used his influence to launch his children's careers as artists In 1795 Charles used his connections to get 17-year-old Rembrandt a sitting with the growing American legend George Washington Rembrandt would later paint many portraits of Washington as well as of Thomas Jefferson The younger Peale enjoyed a long prosperous career churning out likenesses of the most distinguished members of Colonial America Due to heavy demand he often relied on studio assistants Consequently the mature work can seem slightly formulaic However this early work probably done at about the same time that the precocious young artist was introduced to Washington has a refreshing liveliness The sitter whose profession and identity remain somewhat unclear is captured as though directly engaging us He points to a skull which is typically used in still-life painting as a symbol of human mortality Scholars have not yet determined if the prominent skull refers to the sitter's professional status a medical doctor or if it has some other as yet undeciphered symbolical role ca 1795 Oil on canvas cm 73 66 62 23 Framed cm 89 22 78 11 8 26 accession number 37 2778 76361 Mr John Meer date and mode of acquisition unknown Mr Riter Fitzgerald Philadelphia date and mode of acquisition unknown Harriet Deacon Mrs William Painter and great-great granddaughter of John Meer Baltimore May 1899 by purchase Mrs Mary Caroline Hood Mohr later Mrs John H Lewin Jr by inheritance Dr David Painter Mohr by inheritance Jennifer H Moon Ph D Tuscon Arizona 2004 by inheritance Walters Art Museum Gift of Jennifer H Moon in fond memory of David Painter Mohr 2007 Rembrandt Peale's Portrait of John Meer A New Addition to the American Art Collection The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2009 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Jack S Blanton Museum of Art Austin 2010-2011 place of origin USA Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings by Rembrandt Peale Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review 18th-century portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1795c 1795 oil on canvas paintings in the United States Portrait 1795 portrait paintings Male 18th-century oil portraits of men at half length 1795c Portrait paintings of males with skulls 1795c | ||||
