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Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860), c. 1840-50, attributed to Harriett Cany Peale after Rembrandt Peal (c. 1800-1869).
In 1814, Rembrandt Peale, second-oldest son of Charles Willson Peale, established Peale's Baltimore Museum. Designed by Robert Cary Long, Sr., it still stands today on Holliday Street as the first building constructed specifically as a museum in America. Unlike previous museum operators, Rembrandt and his brother Rubens publicly showcased artwork owned by local collectors, booked traveling exhibitions and entertainers, and held scientific demonstrations. They described their museum as "an elegant rendezvous for taste, curiosity and leisure." Rembrandt's primary career as a painter resulted in nearly eight hundred works of art. |