Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
ca. 1630
1885.5
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Wynant Van Zandt (1683-1757)
Title
Wynant Van Zandt (1683-1757)
Date
ca. 1730-40
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 44 x 34 in. ( 111.8 x 86.4 cm )
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Robert B. Noyes
Object Number
1943.69
Gallery Label
The subject, a native of Albany, was the first child of Johannes and Margareta (Van der Poel) Van Zandt, who emigrated from Holland in 1681. According to family tradition the Society's portraits of Wynant and Catharine Van Zandt were originally full-length portraits, which at some point were cut down to their present size. Full-length portraits of the subjects were reportedly on exhibition at the Peale Museum at the time of the great fire in Philadelphia.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
