Rubens Peale (1784 – 1865) was an American museum administrator and artist. He was the son of artist-naturalist Charles Willson Peale. Due to his weak eyesight, he did not practice painting seriously until the last decade of his life, when he painted still life. In 1985, the National Gallery of Art paid $4.07 million for 'Rubens Peale with a Geranium', an 1801 portrait by his brother Rembrandt Peale. This set a record for an American work of art sold at auction.In 2007, Princeton University Art Museum bought Rubens Peale's Still Life With Watermelon, in honor of John Wilmerding.