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REMBRANDT PEALE (1778-1860) Portrait of Robert Ainslie.
Oil on canvas, late 18th to early 19th century. 610x510 mm; 24x20 inches.
Provenance The sitter, Robert Ainslie (1777-1851). Thence by descent to his granddaughter, Ann E. Hasbrook. Gift from the above to The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, 1909. Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, New York, 1982 (label). The Credit Suisse Americana Collection. Christie's, New York, September 24, 2015, lot 73. Purchased from the above by current owner, New York.
Literature Catalogue of Portraits in the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, 1924, page 63, number 203.
Rembrandt Peale specialized in portraiture, the most well-known of which are of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Marshall. He was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania into a family of artists; his father Charles Willson Peale, and aptly-named brothers Raphaelle, Rubens, and Titian were also painters. Aside from his prolific career as a portrait painter, Peale founded an art museum in Baltimore.
Robert Ainslie was born in Scotland and emigrated to New York by 1822. A former ship chandler, Ainslie went on to become the president of the North American Fire Insurance Company based on Wall Street, New York.
