History, Art and Architecture
Collection
O-2259.1
• painting (portrait)
• The Honourable Henry Ruttan
O-2259.1 • painting (portrait) • The Honourable Henry Ruttan
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Specifications
Artists | Théophile Hamel (Artist) |
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Date | 1856 |
Signature | T.H. 1856 |
Inscriptions |
H. RUTTAN - 1837 - UPPER CANADA
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Materials | paint, oil |
Support | canvas |
Personal Names | Henry Ruttan |
Dimensions (cm) | 84.0 (Width) • 111.7 (Height) |
Functions | Art |
Barcode | 603928 |
Théophile Hamel
Théophile Hamel was born in 1817 in Sainte-Foy, Quebec, and studied art in Quebec and in many of the great cultural centres of Europe. He was an astute business man and a tremendously successful artist, and the National Gallery of Canada calls him “one of early Canada’s greatest portrait painters.” In 1853 the government of the United Canadas appointed him official portrait painter, and tasked him with creating portraits of all Speakers since 1791, many of which were copied from portraits held by families or elsewhere. His subjects also included the generals Montcalm and Wolfe, and many other eminent figures of early Canada.Related objects from the collection