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What is significant about the portrait of George Washington known as Patriae Pater painted by professional artist Rembrandt Peale?
It is considered the most accurate likeness of Washington ever painted.
It distorts Washington’s proportions so that his neck is too long.
It is the only known portrait of Washington.
It is the source of the image used on the one-dollar bill.

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Answer: It is considered the most accurate likeness of Washington ever painted.

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Peale's obsession as a kid with constructing a standard portrayal of Americanism's greatest hero gave him the guts to question the status quo. His effort to standardize portrayals of Washington began with the art of Patriae Pater (Father of His Country), which was purchased by Congress and now hangs in the Old Senate Chamber

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