Portrait of James Madison

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Portrait of James Madison is a famous early 19th-century oil painting of the fourth U.S. president by American portraitist Gilbert Stuart, known for its influential depiction of Madison’s likeness.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
portrait
artForm easel painting
artisticFocus facial likeness
upper-body portrait
colorMedium oil paint
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Gilbert Stuart
creatorNationality American
creatorOccupation painter
portraitist
creatorStyle portrait painting
depictedPersonNationality American
depictedPersonOccupation politician
statesman
depictedPersonOrderInOffice 4
depictedPersonPosition President of the United States
depicts James Madison
fourth president of the United States
depictsEra Early Republic of the United States
surface form: Early American Republic
genre political portrait
hasCulturalSignificance American presidential iconography
visual culture of the early United States
hasInfluenceOn later visual representations of James Madison
hasQuality formal
official
hasSubjectBirthYear 1751
hasSubjectDeathYear 1836
hasSubjectGender male
hasSubjectName James Madison
historicalPeriod early 19th century American art
inception c. 1803–1817
early 19th century
languageOfWork none
mainSubject James Madison
medium oil on canvas
movement Neoclassicism
surface form: American Neoclassicism
notableFor iconic image of James Madison used in later reproductions
influential depiction of James Madison’s likeness
partOf body of presidential portraits by Gilbert Stuart
subjectRoleAtTimeOfDepiction President of the United States
U.S. political leader
support canvas
usedAs reference for engravings of James Madison
reference for printed portraits of James Madison

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Gilbert Stuart notableWork Portrait of James Madison