Alexander Hamilton (Trumbull)

Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton Standing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Artist	John Trumbull
Year	1792
Subject	Alexander Hamilton
Dimensions	219.1 cm × 146.1 cm (86.3 in × 57.5 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

Alexander Hamilton is a 1792^[1] full-length portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull. It is one of multiple paintings John Trumbull made of Alexander Hamilton.

In 2013, the painting was donated by Credit Suisse to both New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. According to The Met, the work is considered the "greatest known portrait of Hamilton and one of the finest civic portraits from the Federal period".^[2]

References

1. "John Trumbull (American, Lebanon, Connecticut 1756–1843 New York)". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
2. "Trumbull's Iconic Portrait of Alexander Hamilton Now on View at Metropolitan Museum". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2015.

External links

• Media related to Paintings of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Wikimedia Commons