Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci, 1816, is a painting by Charles Willson Peale. It is housed in the National Portrait Gallery. The painting depicts a bust-length portrait of Amerigo Vespucci, in profile view, facing to the right. He is an older man with a shaved head and short, light-grey hair at the sides. He wears a dark grey or blue robe with a reddish-brown collar. He holds a long, light brown cylindrical object, possibly a scroll or map, which is partially wrapped in a lighter-colored piece of parchment. The background is a dark, muted brown. The artwork's dimensions are not provided in the metadata.