Artwork
The Oneida Chieftain Shikellamy
The Oneida Chieftain Shikellamy is an oil painting by the Realist artist Unknown. It dates from 1820 and is held in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
About this work
Overview
The Oneida Chieftain Shikellamy is a portrait painting executed in oil paint, depicting a figure in a natural setting.
Subject & Meaning
The painting shows Shikellamy, an Oneida chieftain, standing on a hill with a spear in his right hand and his left hand on his hip, wearing traditional attire including a red cape, yellow skirt, and feathered headdress.
Technique & Style
The artist has used oil paint to capture the figure and the landscape, which includes trees and a body of water in the background, suggesting a realistic representation of the subject and his environment.
Artist & collection
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The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
