Giuseppe Ceracchi

Giuseppe Ceracchi by John Trumbull

Medium

Oil on wood

Dimensions

3 7/8 x 3 3/16 in. (9.8 x 8.1 cm)

Classification

Painting

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1936

Accession Number

36.35

Tags

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About the Artist

John Trumbull · 17561843

John Trumbull, born on June 6, 1756, in Lebanon, Connecticut, to prominent Puritan descendants, grew up in a politically influential family as the son of Jonathan Trumbull, Connecticut's governor from 1769 to 1784, and Faith Robinson Trumbull. His brothers included Joseph, the Continental Army's first commissary general, and Jonathan Jr., Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. A childhood a...

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