The Staircase Group
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The Staircase Group is a famous 1795 trompe-l'œil double portrait by American artist Charles Willson Peale depicting two of his sons ascending a staircase with striking illusionistic realism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Staircase Group canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
double portrait
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painting ⓘ trompe-l'œil painting ⓘ |
| artForm | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| artworkSurface | canvas ⓘ |
| collection | Philadelphia Museum of Art collection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| creator | Charles Willson Peale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| depicts |
Raphaelle Peale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Titian Ramsay Peale NERFINISHED ⓘ interior architectural setting ⓘ two young men ascending a staircase ⓘ |
| describedAs | famous American trompe-l'œil painting ⓘ |
| exhibitionHistory | displayed in Peale’s Museum in Philadelphia ⓘ |
| genre |
portrait painting
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trompe-l'œil ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Double Portrait of Raphaelle Peale and Titian Ramsay Peale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArtisticTheme |
family
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illusion ⓘ |
| hasEffect | illusionistic realism ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
Neoclassical portraiture
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realism ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | The Staircase Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1795 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | European trompe-l'œil traditions ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Philadelphia Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | members of the Peale family ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | American Neoclassicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
convincing spatial illusion of a staircase
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life-size figures ⓘ painted architectural frame integrated with real frame ⓘ |
| partOf | Peale family portraits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | early American example of sophisticated trompe-l'œil technique ⓘ |
| significantFigure |
Raphaelle Peale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Titian Ramsay Peale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | art historical scholarship on American trompe-l'œil ⓘ |
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