Collection Highlights
Dragonfly Table lamp
c. 1900-1906
N84.113
Glass, bronze
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Luce Center
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bayard
Title
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bayard
Date
ca. 1644
Medium
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions
Overall: 34 1/2 x 48 in. ( 87.6 x 121.9 cm )
Credit Line
Bequest of Cora Van Rensselaer Catlin
Object Number
1915.7
Gallery Label
This double portrait depicts Anna Stuyvesant Bayard (ca. 1611-after 1654) and her husband Samuel (1610-ca. 1650) in a lush landscape in front of their home at Alphen-on-Rhine, Holland. After the death of her husband, Anna emigrated to New Amsterdam, then under the direction of her brother, Peter Stuyvesant.
Bibliography
Olson, Roberta J. M. "A selection of European paintings and objects." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 182-187.
Krohn, Deborah, Peter Miller, and Marybeth De Filippis, eds., "Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick." New York: Bard Graduate Center, New-York Historical Society, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009, p. 194-5
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
