Gilbert StuartUSA, 1755–1828Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) (The Medallion Portrait)
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Jefferson sat for Gilbert Stuart twice: in May 1800 and in the spring of 1805. Three important portraits, including this bust profile of Jefferson’s head “à l’antique,” were produced. Jefferson’s granddaughter Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge called this “medallion” portrait “incomparable . . . the only likeness ever taken of him that gives a good idea of the original.”Jefferson served two terms as U.S. president, founded the University of Virginia, and drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. He also served as vice president, secretary of state, governor, and plenipotentiary to the court of Louis XVI.
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Imens i livet hos Gilbert Stuart
Hele livet1803
Opens a studio in Washington
In 1803 Stuart opens a studio in Washington, D.C.; two years later financial difficulties will make him move to Boston.
1805
Moves to Boston
Because of financial difficulties he moves to Devonshire Street in Boston; the critics go on praising him, and the money troubles do not go away.
1805–1828
Fellow artists seek his advice in Boston
In Boston he exhibited at Doggett’s Repository and Julien Hall, and other American artists sought his advice — John Trumbull, Thomas Sully, Washington Allston and John Vanderlyn.
