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Artist
Pieter Van Huffel, 1769 - 1844
Sitter
John Quincy Adams, 11 Jul 1767 - 23 Feb 1848
Date
1815
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Sight: 61 x 50.8cm (24 x 20")
Frame: 77.5 x 67.3 x 8.9cm (30 1/2 x 26 1/2 x 3 1/2")
Topic
Printed Material\Document\Scroll
Interior\Interior with Exterior View
Architecture\Building\Church\Cathedral
Costume\Dress Accessory\Button
John Quincy Adams: Male
John Quincy Adams: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Massachusetts
John Quincy Adams: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Ambassador
John Quincy Adams: Politics and Government\President of US
John Quincy Adams: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of State
John Quincy Adams: Politics and Government\US Senator\Massachusetts
John Quincy Adams: Politics and Government\Son of US President
Portrait
Place
België\Vlaanderen\Oost-Vlaanderen\Ghent
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; gift of Mary Louisa Adams Clement in memory of her mother, Louisa Catherine Adams Clement, 1950
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.70.12
Provenance
Mary Louisa Adams Clement, gift 1950 to NCFA; transferred 1970 to NPG.