| The Artist in His Museum | |
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| Artist | Charles Willson Peale |
| Year | 1822 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 262.9 cm × 203.2 cm (103.5 in × 80 in) |
| Location | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia |
The Artist in His Museum is an 1822 self-portrait by the American painter Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827). It depicts the 81-year-old artist posed in Peale's Museum, then occupying the second floor of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] The nearly life-size painting is in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
- ^ Admission ticket to Peale's Museum from Philadelphia Museum of Art.