Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
Date:
1835-1836
Object Number:
1858.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Thomas Van Zandt (1794-1877)
Object Number:
1948.70
Date:
1894
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 9/16 x 2 in. ( 6.5 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
signed: at right: "M .Calistzi"
inscribed: on back: "Copied 1894 at Florence from an original"
Gallery Label:
The subject was born in Westchester, New York, the fourth of eleven sons of Wynant Van Zandt III and Maria Allaire (Underhill) Van Zandt (1766-1851) of New York. He lived with his wife, née Louisa Julia Underhill, daughter of Townsend Underhill, and their fourteen children in Paris, France.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. R. Keith Kane
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
