Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Age of Exploration and Dutch New York
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bayard
Object Number:
1915.7
Date:
ca. 1644
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 1/2 x 48 in. ( 87.6 x 121.9 cm )
Gallery Label:
This double portrait depicts Anna Stuyvesant Bayard (ca. 1611-after 1654) and her husband Samuel (1610-ca. 1650) in a lush landscape in front of their home at Alphen-on-Rhine, Holland. After the death of her husband, Anna emigrated to New Amsterdam, then under the direction of her brother, Peter Stuyvesant.
Bibliography:
Olson, Roberta J. M. "A selection of European paintings and objects." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 182-187.
Krohn, Deborah, Peter Miller, and Marybeth De Filippis, eds., "Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick." New York: Bard Graduate Center, New-York Historical Society, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009, p. 194-5
Credit Line:
Bequest of Cora Van Rensselaer Catlin
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
