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Rubens Peale (1784–1865) was an American artist and museum director. Son of artist-naturalist
Charles Willson Peale and brother of artist
Rembrandt Peale, Rubens took up painting after a lengthy career managing such museums as the
Peale Museum in
Baltimore and his own New York Museum of Natural History and Science in
New York City. In the last decade of his life, he produced 130 paintings.
Shown here is Rubens Peale With a Geranium, an 1801 portrait by Rubens' brother Rembrandt. This painting's 1985 sale to the
National Gallery of Art in
Washington, D.C., set a record for an American work of art sold at auction.Painting:
Rembrandt Peale