Artist/Maker
Gerardus Duyckinck I
(1695 - 1746)
Suggested Attribution
Pieter Vanderlyn
(1687 - 1778)
Depicted
Elizabeth Van Brugh Van Rensselaer
(1712 – 1753)
Elizabeth Van Brugh (1712-1753)
ca. 1730
Oil on canvas
Overall: 45 1/2 × 36 3/8 in. (115.6 × 92.4 cm)
Framed: 50 1/2 × 41 1/2 in. (128.3 × 105.4 cm)
Framed: 50 1/2 × 41 1/2 in. (128.3 × 105.4 cm)
Gift of Dunkin H. Sill
1924.5
The daughter of Johannes and Margaret (Provoost) Van Brugh was baptized in the Dutch Church in New York on March 26, 1712. Her father was a prosperous shipper and trader of New York City. On October 16, 1735, she became the first wife of her cousin, Henry Van Rensselaer. The couple lived with their seven sons and two daughters in Claverack, New York. The donor was the great-great-great-grandson of the subject.
Markingslabel: pasted on back: "Elizabeth Van Brugh, Wife of Henry Van Rensselaer"
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