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Charles Oliver O'Donnell
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About this work
Charles Oliver O’Donnell was a successful merchant in Baltimore, Maryland. It is likely that he commissioned this portrait while in Rome visiting William Henry Rinehart’s studio, a popular stop for many wealthy Americans. Rinehart created this sculpture in the style of Roman portraiture, but O’Donnell’s stern features and groomed mustache reflected his status as a nineteenth-century baron of American capitalism.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineCharles Oliver O'Donnell. 1867. William Henry Rinehart, born Union Bridge, MD 1825-died Rome, Italy 1874. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Robert O. Werlich. CC0.
