The Artist in His Museum

The Artist in His Museum
ArtistCharles Willson Peale
Year1822
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions262.9 cm × 203.2 cm (103.5 in × 80 in)
LocationPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

The Artist in His Museum is an 1822 self-portrait by the American painter Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827). It depicts the 81-year-old artist posed in Peale's Museum, then occupying the second floor of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The nearly life-size painting is in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

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