File:John Jay (Gilbert Stuart portrait).jpg

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Artist



Alternative names	Gilbert Charles Stuart ; Birth name: Gilbert Charles Stewart
Description	American painter
Date of birth/death	3 December 1755	9 July 1828
Location of birth/death	North Kingston ( Newport, Rhode Island)	Boston
Work location	Boston, New York City, London, Dublin
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

English: Portrait of John Jay

Date

1794

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

131 × 102 cm (51.6 × 40.2 in)

Current location

National Gallery of Art

	Native name	National Gallery of Art
	Location	Washington, D.C.
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 29.29″ N, 77° 1′ 12.04″ W
	Established	1937
	Website	www.nga.gov
	Authority control	WorldCat

Notes

Notes from National Gallery of Art:
"The classical column, crimson drapery, legal tome, and robes of state in this impressive portrait recall the "Grand Manner" tradition Stuart had used to emphasize the social status of British aristocrats.

As a framer of the Constitution and the first Chief Justice of the United States from 1789 to 1795, John Jay was the first American statesman of international reputation whom Stuart ever painted. The success of this likeness of the chief justice, painted in New York in 1794, introduced Stuart to an appreciative clientele in America.

The forty-nine-year-old Jay could spare time to pose only for the head. His nephew modeled the judicial robe so that Stuart could complete the body. Broadly painted strokes suggest the robe's gleaming scarlet, black, and white satin, setting off by contrast the careful execution of Jay's handsome features.

Stuart rendered Jay's complexion with deftly executed highlights in opaque paint on top of translucent glazes of thinned oils. Later the artist explained his methods for painting such lively skin tones: "Good flesh colour partook of all colors, not mixed so as to combine in one tint, but shining through each other, like blood through natural skin."

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The National Gallery of Art

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