Henry_Knox_by_Peale.jpg
Size of this preview:
474 × 599 pixels
.
Other resolutions:
190 × 240 pixels
|
380 × 480 pixels
|
996 × 1,259 pixels
.
Summary
Charles Willson Peale : Porträt des Henry Knox (1750-1806) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q454945
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Title |
Portrait of Henry Knox (1750-1806)
label QS:Len,"Portrait of Henry Knox (1750-1806)"
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Object type |
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | portrait | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Charles Willson Peale painted Knox's museum portrait in the spring of 1784, when Knox came to Philadelphia for the first national meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati. At that time, Major Pierre L'Enfant brought the Society members their newly cast medals from Paris. Knox wears his in the museum portrait in the upper left button hole.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
circa 1784
date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 58.4 cm (22.9 in); width: 48.2 cm (18.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,58.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,48.2U174728
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q510324
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Picture of painting, which is owned by the city of Philadelphia. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions |
A version from the National Park Service website can be found here: [1]
|
Licensing
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional,
public domain
work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "
faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain
".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. |