Gilbert Stuart, 1798 - George Washington - fine art print

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The unspecified red background and limited detail in this distinctive portrait place the emphasis on the first president's benign and noble face. It is a quality of Stuart's genius that in spite of the chore of having to paint so many replicas of his successful and popular portraits of Washington, he managed to bring to every one a significant difference in bearing and attitude.

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This 18th century piece of art called George Washington was made by Gilbert Stuart in 1798. The masterpiece was made with the size 29 x 23 3/4 in (73,7 x 60,3 cm). Oil on canvas was applied by the American artist as the technique for the masterpiece. It is included in the digital art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. With courtesy of - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Richard De Wolfe Brixey, 1943 (public domain license). The creditline of the artwork is the following: Bequest of Richard De Wolfe Brixey, 1943. Besides, the alignment is portrait and has a ratio of 1 : 1.2, which implies that the length is 20% shorter than the width. Gilbert Stuart was a painter, whose artistic style was primarily Rococo. The Rococo artist lived for a total of 73 years, born in 1755 in North Kingstown, Washington county, Rhode Island, United States and died in 1828.

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