This painting is a portrait of a man from his chest up. He is positioned slightly angled to the left and looks directly at us. His skin is pale, and he has rosy cheeks, deep-set, dark eyes, a long, straight nose, and thin lips set in a neutral expression. His hair is light gray, combed back from his face and curled above his ears. He is wearing a black coat over a white, high-collared shirt and a white lace cravat. The background is dark brown.
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George Washington

painter Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 - 1828)

c. 1800

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 73.18 × 60.48 cm (28 13/16 × 23 13/16 in.) ; framed: 99.7 × 84.77 × 14.61 cm (39 1/4 × 33 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection, 1926)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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