Gilbert Stuart (Goodridge)

Gilbert Stuart is a painting by Sarah Goodridge. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]

Gilbert Stuart
ArtistSarah Goodridge Edit this on Wikidata
Yearc. 1825
Dimensions9.3 cm (3.7 in) × 7 cm (2.8 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art
Accession No.95.14.123 Edit this on Wikidata
IdentifiersThe Met object ID: 10956

Sarah Goodridge was a miniature portrait painter, who studied with noted American painter Gilbert Stuart. In 1825, he commissioned a portrait from her.[2] This miniature is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[3] The portrait bust faces obliquely left. It was described by family as "the most lifelike of anything ever painted of him in this country".[2]

Goodridge made copies of the work, which are now in the Metropolitan Museum, Museum of Fine Arts,[2] and National Portrait Gallery. The Metropolitan Museum version was collected by Moses Lazarus.[4]

References

  1. "Gilbert Stuart". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  2. Kort, Carol; Sonneborn, Liz (2014-05-14). A to Z of American Women in the Visual Arts. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438107912.
  3. "Gilbert Stuart by Sarah Goodridge / American Art". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  4. Zabar, Lori; Barratt, Carrie Rebora (2010). American Portrait Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9781588393579.
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