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Rare 1804 Washington Portrait Expected to Fetch $1M at Auction

12/17/2025

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1804 oil portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart will be auctioned at Christie’s in New York, January 23, 2025.
Commissioned by James Madison, the painting is expected to fetch between $500,000 and $1 million.
Clarkson University, the owner, plans to sell the painting to fund its educational mission.
Christie’s will display the portrait from January 16 to 22, 2025.
Only 70 to 80 of Gilbert Stuart’s Athenaeum portraits remain.

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1804 oil portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart will be auctioned at Christie’s in New York, January 23, 2025.
Commissioned by James Madison, the painting is expected to fetch between $500,000 and $1 million.
Clarkson University, the owner, plans to sell the painting to fund its educational mission.
Christie’s will display the portrait from January 16 to 22, 2025.
Only 70 to 80 of Gilbert Stuart’s Athenaeum portraits remain.