Artist/Maker
James Frothingham
(American, 1786 – 1854)
Depicted
Roger Gerard Van Polanen LL.D.
(1757 - 1833)
Roger Gerard Van Polanen, LLD (1757–1833)
1831
Oil on canvas
Overall: 30 1/4 × 25 1/4 in. (76.8 × 64.1 cm)
Gift of S. Alofsen
1867.436
The subject, who was born in Rotterdam, was the third diplomatic representative of the Netherlands to the United States. He was also the resident minister of the Batavian Republic from 1795 to 1802. He remained the rest of his life in America, and is buried in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
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