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Object Details
- Artist
- Emma Gaggiotti-Richards, 1825 - 1912
- Sitter
- Alexander von Humboldt, 14 Sep 1769 - 6 May 1859
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran) The Corcoran Gallery of Art, one of the country’s first private museums, was established in 1869 to promote art and American genius. In 2014 the Works from the Corcoran Collection were distributed to institutions in Washington, D.C.
- 1855
- Object number
- S/NPG.2019.12
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Stretcher: 96.5 × 82.6 cm (38 × 32 1/2")
- Place
- Deutschland\Berlin\Berlin
- Title
- Portrait of Baron Humboldt
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Tie
- Indeterminable
- Costume\Jewelry\Pendant
- Costume\Jewelry\Pin
- Costume\Outerwear\Coat\Jacket
- Alexander von Humboldt: Male
- Alexander von Humboldt: Literature\Writer
- Alexander von Humboldt: Communications\Publisher
- Alexander von Humboldt: Natural Resources\Explorer
- Alexander von Humboldt: Science and Technology\Scientist\Naturalist
- Alexander von Humboldt: Sports and Recreation\Traveler
- Alexander von Humboldt: Rulers and Nobility\Aristocrat\Baron
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_S_NPG.2019.12
