Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sarah Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (ca. 1873-1945)
Object Number:
1905.253
Date:
ca. 1895-1900
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 2 5/8 in. ( 8.3 x 6.7 cm )
Marks:
signed: at left:"Weidner"
Gallery Label:
The subject, a descendant of Philip Livingston, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was the second daughter of Colonel Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (1845-1905) and Olivia Phelps (Atterbury) Van Rensselaer (d. 1923). She married Benjamin Walworth Arnold, a banker of Albany and Northeast Harbor, Maine, in 1904.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
