Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Thaddeus Kosciusko (1746-1817)
Object Number:
1940.971
Date:
ca. 1940
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Clayton Braun"
Gallery Label:
Kosciusko was a Polish patriot who offered his services to the cause of the American Revolution. This portrait of him was probably copied from an engraving taken from a portrait painted by Antoine Oleszczynski.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
