Artist/Maker
Henry R. Rittenberg
(American, 1879 – 1969)
Depicted
George Albert Zabriskie
(American, 1868 – 1954)
George Albert Zabriskie (1868-1954)
1941
Oil on canvas
Overall: 50 × 40 in. (127 × 101.6 cm)
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
1941.924
The subject was the son of John Albert and Martha Lyon (Knox) Zabriskie, and a descendent of Albert Zabriskie who came from Poland in 1662 to settle in New Amsterdam. He was associated with the Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. and served as a director of the Columbia Baking Co. He became a life member of the New-York Historical Society in 1920, was elected treasurer in 1929, and ten years later was chosen president, an office he held until 1947.
Markingssignature: lower left: "Rittenberg"
inscription: on back: "Geo. Albert Zabriskie / by / Henry R. Rittenberg / N.A. / October 1941"
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