Artist/Maker
Lawrence Kilburn
(1720-1775)
Formerly attributed to
Benjamin West
(1738 - 1820)
Depicted
Gerardus Duyckinck II
(1723 - 1797)
Gerardus Duyckinck II (1723-1797)
ca. 1755–1760
Oil on canvas
Overall: 42 1/2 × 39 1/4 in. (108 × 99.7 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Fanny F. Clark
1923.8
Gerardus Duyckinck II, the son of Gerardus and Johanna (Van Brugh) Duyckinck, was baptized in the Dutch Church in New York on March 20, 1723. He initially carried on his father's business of "Limning, Painting, Varnishing, Japanning, Gilding, Glazing, and Silvering of Looking-Glasses" near the old Slip Market in New York, and later sold spectacles, telescopes, maps, engravings and art supplies.
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