Rembrandt Peale, Rubens Peale with a Geranium

An unusual double portrait: a botanist and his geranium.

Rembrandt Peale, Rubens Peale with a Geranium, 1801, oil on canvas, 71.4 x 61 cm (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.). Speakers: Dr. Bryan Zygmont and Dr. Steven Zucker

This painting at the National Gallery of Art

David C. Ward, Charles Wilson Peale: Art and Selfhood in the Early Republic (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004).

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Cite this page as: Dr. Bryan Zygmont and Dr. Steven Zucker, "Rembrandt Peale, Rubens Peale with a Geranium," in Smarthistory, April 11, 2024, accessed April 30, 2024, https://smarthistory.org/rembrandt-peale-rubens-peale-with-a-geranium/.