IMAGE Show Media Credit: The White House Historical Association (White House Collection) Original Author: Rembrandt PealeCreated: 1800Medium: Oil on canvasThomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson, then serving as vice president under President John Adams, is the subject of this 1800 portrait by artist Rembrandt Peale. Jefferson sat for the painting In Philadelphia, the U.S. capital at the time.FEATURED INSlavery at the University of VirginiaThomas Jefferson and ReligionEdward Coles (1786–1868)