Rembrandt Peale (American, 1778–1860). The Sisters (Eleanor and Rosalba Peale), 1826. Oil on canvas, 42 1/8 x 32 11/16 in. (107 x 83 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 67.205.3 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 67.205.3_PS20.jpg)
Rembrandt Peale (American, 1778–1860). The Sisters (Eleanor and Rosalba Peale), 1826. Oil on canvas, 42 1/8 x 32 11/16 in. (107 x 83 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 67.205.3 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 67.205.3_framed_PS20.jpg)
The Sisters (Eleanor and Rosalba Peale)
Rembrandt Peale
American Art
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Witness
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) (show scale)
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
ACCESSION NUMBER
67.205.3
CREDIT LINE
A. Augustus Healy Fund
PROVENANCE
1826, gift of the artist to Eleanor May Short Peale; 1836, inherited from Eleanor May Short Peale by Eleanor Peale Jacobs; 1877, inherited from Eleanor Peale Jacobs by Mary Clare Jacobs Wirgman; by 1903, inherited from Mary Clare Jacobs Wirgman by Grafton Bowly Wirgman of East Orange, NJ; between 1903 and 1947, provenance not yet documented; by 1941, possibly acquired by James Graham & Sons, New York, NY; by 1947, acquired by Millicent Rogers of Taos, NM; May 8, 1947, sold at Sotheby’s, New York sale no. 869, lot 63; between 1947 and 1955, provenance not yet documented; before October 19, 1955, acquired by Russell J. Hoyt; May 19. 1956, sold at Sotheby’s New York; between 1956 and 1967, provenance not yet documented; by January 1967, acquired by Franklin Palmer Hart and Mildred Paulina Humphrey Hart (Mrs. F. Palmer Hart); by December 4, 1967, acquired by Hirschl & Adler, New York; December 13, 1967, purchased from Hirschl & Adler by the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Witness
CAPTION
Rembrandt Peale (American, 1778–1860). The Sisters (Eleanor and Rosalba Peale), 1826. Oil on canvas, 42 1/8 x 32 11/16 in. (107 x 83 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 67.205.3 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 67.205.3_PS20.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 67.205.3_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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