John Gadsby Chapman was a history painter who was a pupil of George Cooke and Charles Bird King. Chapman took a "Grand Tour" of Italy to study the Old Masters, returning to the U.S. to create landscapes, portraits, and illustrations. This painting for the U.S. Capitol Rotunda depicts the first conversion to Christianity in North America, according to tradition.
Baptism of Pocahontas, c.1840, Oil on CanvasJohn Chapman American (1808 - 1889) |
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John Gadsby Chapman was a history painter who was a pupil of George Cooke and Charles Bird King. Chapman took a "Grand Tour" of Italy to study the Old Masters, returning to the U.S. to create landscapes, portraits, and illustrations. This painting for the U.S. Capitol Rotunda depicts the first conversion to Christianity in North America, according to tradition. |
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