This George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart, commissioned by James Madison, has a colorful history. Now Christie’s in New York will auction it in January.

Artist Gilbert Stuart made numerous paintings of the first president. The copy that's up for sale was commissioned by James ...

Next month, Christie’s is christening America’s 250th birthday with its largest Americana Week ever. The nine-sale, 700-lot extravaganza will feature treasures like a signed copy of the Emancipation ...

A historic portrait of George Washington is being auctioned off next month. It's among the paintings that inspired the first president's image on the $1 bill, and it has a colorful past.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is auctioning a 1795 portrait of George Washington by artist Gilbert Stuart. The painting is included in Christie’s Important Americana sale, which will take ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is deaccessioning a rare oil painting of George Washington, which could sell for as much as $2.5 million at a Christie's auction in New York later this month ...

YORKTOWN, Va. — Just in time for Independence Day and the countdown to America’s 250th anniversary, a newly acquired portrait of George Washington is now on permanent display at the American ...

Washington Portrait to be Featured in Exhibit Commemorating 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. (Copyright 2025 by Washington and Lee University ...

Mode of access: World Wide Web. Presents descriptions and images of portraits of the first U.S. president George Washington (1732-1799) and his wife Martha Washington (1732-1802), presented by the ...

MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) — The earliest known portrait of George Washington is on public display at his historic home. Washington’s Mount Vernon estate put the 1772 portrait by Charles Willson Peale on ...

For years, there had been skepticism about the large portrait of George Washington that has long hung in the baronial Paris residence of the U.S. ambassador to France. It had been left to the ...