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Original – 1782 painting commissioned by a young man named William Grant. Due to inclement weather, Stuart and Grant skated instead of doing a sitting for the painting. Stuart later painted Grant's head at the studio, and completed the remainder of the portrait from memory.
Reason
High resolution (brushstrokes, excluding sfumato techniques, are visible), and visually intriguing (composition, period clothing, foreground/background, etc) painting by Gilbert Stuart (self portrait FP), painted in 1782. This painting is important and notable because it was not only his first successfully completed full-length portrait, it brought recognition to Mr. Stuart and allowed him to open up his own studio. (According to our article, this painting was completed at Benjamin West's studio.)
Articles in which this image appears
The Skater + 3 others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Gilbert Stuart

Promoted File:GSskater.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:48, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]