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Artist:
Josef Scharl, 9 Dec 1896 - 6 Dec 1954  Search this
Sitter:
Albert Einstein, 14 Mar 1879 - 18 Apr 1955  Search this
Medium:
Oil on burlap
Dimensions:
81.3 × 63.5 cm (32 × 25")
Frame: 90.2 × 71.8 × 3.8 cm (35 1/2 × 28 1/4 × 1 1/2")
Type:
Painting
Place:
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Date:
1950
Provenance:
The artist; his son Alois Scharl [b.1922]; (Robert H. Simmons, Washington, D.C.); purchased 1966 by NPG.
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk  Search this
Albert Einstein: Male  Search this
Albert Einstein: Literature\Writer\Scientific writer  Search this
Albert Einstein: Politics and Government\Government official  Search this
Albert Einstein: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University  Search this
Albert Einstein: Science and Technology\Scientist\Physicist  Search this
Albert Einstein: Science and Technology\Scientist\Scientific Theorist  Search this
Albert Einstein: Nobel Prize  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.66.6
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44a15b3e0-bfc0-41e1-9a7f-a25148bc4de5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.66.6