# Rubens Peale

- By: Raphaelle Peale (born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825)
- Date: ca. 1800
- Medium: watercolor on paper
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: sight 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. (9.5 x 6.7 cm) rectangle
- Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Edwin Kirk
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=19313)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/5d917e5e6c7244241f7dab4d592e3d87.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This small drawing of Rubens Peale (1784-1864) resembles many of the silhouettes made during this period, showing the artist’s brother in profile. Rubens was a favorite subject for his artistic family, and several members painted his likeness. Designed to be framed and hung on a wall rather than in a closed locket worn on the body, this piece demonstrates how the line between miniatures and small-scale drawings was beginning to blur.