Attributed to
Evert Duyckinck III
(1677 - 1727)
Depicted
Rip Van Dam
(ca. 1660 – 1749)
Rip Van Dam (ca. 1660–1749)
ca. 1720
Oil on canvas
Overall: 30 1/4 × 25 1/2 in. (76.8 × 64.8 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Emily Verplanck Goodwin
1862.3
Rip Van Dam, the son of Claas Ripse and Maria (Bords) Van Dam, was born in Fort Orange (Albany), New York. As a young man he became a merchant and a shipbuilder and a ship owner. When Lord Cornbury (see Edward Hyde) arrived in 1702 as governor of New York, Van Dam was named to the provincial council, a post he held for over thirty years. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his great-great-granddaughter.
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