The Sisters (Eleanor and Rosalba Peale)
Rembrandt Peale
American Art
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Visions and Myths of a Nation, 1800–1890
In this glowing image of two of his nine children, Rembrandt Peale paid equal tribute to their sisterly love and to their own embrace of artistic pursuits. Pressed against each other, with arms delicately linked, Rosalba Peale and Eleanor Peale Jacobs sit before a tapestry-covered table on which a palette and volume of music rest. The talented Rosalba, a constant aid in her father’s work, holds a drawing tool in her hand.
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1826
DIMENSIONS
42 1/8 x 32 11/16 in. (107 x 83 cm)
frame: 54 5/8 x 45 3/16 x 5 in. (138.7 x 114.8 x 12.7 cm)
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed verso: "Rosalba Peale and her sister Eleanor Jacobs, painted by Rembrandt Peale, N. York, 1826. The property of their mother Eleanor Peale."
COLLECTIONS
American Art
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Visions and Myths of a Nation, 1800–1890
EXHIBITIONS
ACCESSION NUMBER
67.205.3
CREDIT LINE
A. Augustus Healy Fund
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