Artist/Maker
Susan Van Horne Stuyvesant
(American, 1812 – 1899)
After
Hendrick Couturier
(Dutch, ca. 1620 - 1684)
Depicted
Peter Stuyvesant
(1610 – 1672)
Peter Stuyvesant (1592–1672)
Oil on canvas
Overall: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
Bequest of Gerard Stuyvesant
1922.99
The artist (Mrs. Gerard Stuyvesant) was the grandmother of the donor and the great-great-great-granddaughter-in-law of the subject, the Dutch director general of New Netherland appointed in 1646. This likeness is copied from a 17th-century portrait of Governor Stuyvesant attributed to Hendrick Couturier.
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Peter Stuyvesant
preserved in 1867
1867.439
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