Artist/Maker
Asher B. Durand
(American, 1796 – 1886)
After
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755 – 1828)
Depicted
James Monroe
(American, 1758 – 1831)
James Monroe (1758–1831)
1835
Oil on canvas
Framed: 40 3/8 × 35 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (102.6 × 90.2 × 10.8 cm)
Unframed: 30 1/4 × 25 1/4 in. (76.8 × 64.1 cm)
Unframed: 30 1/4 × 25 1/4 in. (76.8 × 64.1 cm)
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts
1858.8
Durand made this copy of Gilbert Stuart's "Monroe" at the commission of Luman Reed as one of a set of portraits of the first seven presidents of the United States.
ProvenanceLuman Reed, d. 1836; Mrs. Luman Reed, New York, 1836-44; New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1844-58.ClassificationsPAINTINGS