Athenaeum Portrait

Athenaeum Portrait
Athenaeum Portrait
Artist	Gilbert Stuart
Year	1796
Catalogue	1980.1
Medium	Oil on canvas
Subject	George Washington
Dimensions	121.9 cm × 94 cm (48.0 in × 37 in)
Location	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Owner	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the National Portrait Gallery jointly
Website	www.mfa.org/collections/object/george-washington-34341

The Athenaeum Portrait, also known as The Athenaeum, is an unfinished painting by Gilbert Stuart of United States President George Washington. Created in 1796, it is Stuart's most notable work. The painting depicts Washington at age 64, about three years before his death, on a brown background.^[1] It served as the model for the engraving that would be used for Washington's portrait on the United States one-dollar bill.

A corresponding portrait of Martha Washington is also known as the Athenaeum Portrait,^[2]^[3] and is exhibited near the painting of her husband at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.