The image shows a portrait of a man from the waist up. The man has a stern expression and a clean-shaven face. He is wearing a navy blue military uniform with gold buttons and epaulettes. His right arm is resting inside his coat. The background features a cloudy sky over water, with a distant ship visible near the horizon.
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Commodore John Rodgers

John Wesley Jarvis (American, 1780 - 1840)

c. 1814

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 91.2 x 71.1 cm (35 7/8 x 28 in.) ; framed: 120.7 x 100.3 x 10.8 cm (47 1/2 x 39 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Nannie R. and Christina Macomb
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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