Robert Feke

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Family portrait of Isaac Royall (1741)
Mrs. Charles Willing (1746)

Robert Feke (* around 1705 in Oyster Bay , Long Island ; † 1750 ) was an important North American painter of the first half of the 18th century . Meaningful group portraits come from him from the early days of the United States. He created the first known self-portrait in painting in North America in 1749 .