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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein
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Artist
Josef Scharl, 9 Dec 1896 - 6 Dec 1954
Sitter
Albert Einstein, 14 Mar 1879 - 18 Apr 1955
Date
1950
Type
Painting
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")
Topic
Interior
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk
Albert Einstein: Male
Albert Einstein: Literature\Writer\Scientific writer
Albert Einstein: Politics and Government\Government official
Albert Einstein: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University
Albert Einstein: Science and Technology\Scientist\Physicist
Albert Einstein: Science and Technology\Scientist\Scientific Theorist
Albert Einstein: Nobel Prize
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Object number
NPG.66.6
Provenance
The artist; his son Alois Scharl [b.1922]; (Robert H. Simmons, Washington, D.C.); purchased 1966 by NPG.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view