Rubens Peale with a Geranium

Rembrandt Peale was an American artist and museum keeper. A prolific portrait painter, he was especially acclaimed for his likenesses of presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Peale's style was influenced by French neoclassicism after a stay in Paris in his early thirties.

Rubens Peale with a Geranium by Rembrandt Peale (1801) is currently displayed at National Gallery of Art.