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Robert F. Kennedy

Artist: Gardner Cox, 22 Jan 1906 - 14 Jan 1988
Sitter: Robert Francis Kennedy, 20 Nov 1925 - 6 Jun 1968

Date: 1968

Type: Painting

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Stretcher: 78.1 x 61cm (30 3/4 x 24"); Frame: 105.4 x 88.9 x 8.9cm (41 1/2 x 35 x 3 1/2")

Topic: Robert Francis Kennedy: Male; Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\US Senator\New York; Robert Francis Kennedy: Law and Crime\Lawyer; Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\US Attorney General; Robert Francis Kennedy: Literature\Writer; Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate; Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Campaign director; Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Brother of US President; Robert Francis Kennedy: Congressional Gold Medal; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist

Restrictions & Rights: CC0
Copyright: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number: NPG.69.54

Provenance: The artist; gift to NPG 1969

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery