Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Rural Scene with Sunset
Object Number:
1981.8
Date:
1792
Medium:
Black ink and wash with touches of scratching out on paper, laid on paper, glued on a stretcher
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/16 x 12 1/2 in. ( 20.5 x 31.8 cm )
Framed: 14 3/4 × 20 1/4 × 3/4 in. (37.5 × 51.4 × 1.9 cm)
Marks:
inscriptions: Title and date, lower right.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black ink: "Jno VanderLyn Fecit / August 18th 1792."
Description:
signed "Jn. VanderLyn Fecit/ August 18th 1792."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Rodman C. Rockefeller
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
