Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) (The Medallion Portrait)
PaintingsAmerican19th century

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) (The Medallion Portrait)

1805

Artists

Gilbert StuartArtist
Classification
Paintings
Technique
Grisaille
Medium
Oil and egg mixture on blue laid paper on canvas
Culture
American
Century
19th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of American Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

47.6 x 47.6 cm (18 3/4 x 18 3/4 in.) framed: 68 x 68.6 x 10.2 cm (26 3/4 x 27 x 4 in.)

Provenance

From the artist to the sitter, Thomas Jefferson, 1805; to daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph; to her daughter Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge; to her son Thomas Jefferson Coolidge; to his daughter Sarah Lawrence Coolidge Newbold; to his son Thomas Jefferson Newbold, Harvard class of 1910, 1917; to his wife, Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Newbold; her gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1960.

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