Staircase Group (aka Portrait of Raphaelle Peale and Titian Ramsay Peale) |
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| Name of Work | Staircase Group (aka Portrait of Raphaelle Peale and Titian Ramsay Peale) | ||||
| Production Date | 1795 | ||||
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| Media Types | oil on canvas | ||||
| General Notes | George W. Elkins Collection acquired for the Philadelphia Museum of Art | ||||
Description
Almost life-size portraits of Peale's two sons. Highly detailed and realistic work that has the added trick of using a large door frame as its picture frame, and that has at the bottom of the frame an actual wood step to continue the painting outside the plane of the canvas.
Theme
Emotional Sum or Sense-of-life
Perceiving accurately is important and playing with the artistic medium is fun.
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Tags
mixed media, portrait, trompe l'oeil
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