Q. Which of these artist’s paintings did NOT appear in Rembrandt Peale’s early gallery?
A. According to early documentation, the artist who did NOT appear in the Peale’s museum was Vincent Van Gogh. The others were all represented.
An 1823 catalog lists the following artists whose works were on display: Leonardo da Vinci, Gainsborough, Breughel, Reynolds, Bosch, van de Velde, Ruysdael, Kauffman, Claude Lorrain, Poussin, Velasquez, Canaletto, Raphael, Sully. The exhibit also included works by Charles Willson Peale, then the foremost portrait painter in the country, and by members of his artistic extended family, Raphaelle, Rembrandt, and Sarah Miriam Peale. Baltimore collectors lent most of the paintings.