Albert Einstein
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Object Details
- Artist
- Josef Scharl, 9 Dec 1896 - 6 Dec 1954
- Sitter
- Albert Einstein, 14 Mar 1879 - 18 Apr 1955
- Provenance
- The artist; his son Alois Scharl [b.1922]; (Robert H. Simmons, Washington, D.C.); purchased 1966 by NPG.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1950
- Object number
- NPG.66.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- 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")
- Place
- United States\New York\Kings\New York
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- 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
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.66.6
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44a15b3e0-bfc0-41e1-9a7f-a25148bc4de5
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