Collection Highlights
The Rapalje Children
1768
1946.201
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Colonel Gerardus Beekman, M. D. (1653-1723)
Title
Colonel Gerardus Beekman, M. D. (1653-1723)
Date
ca. 1710-1720
Medium
Oil on linen (relined)
Dimensions
Overall: 30 1/8 x 25 in. ( 76.5 x 63.5 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Robert S. Beekman
Object Number
1978.59
Marks
inscription: on back of canvas: "Gerard Beekman / died OCT. 10th 1723 - Aged 72 Years"
Gallery Label
The subject was the second son of William Beekman, founder of the American branch of the Beekman family and Catharine (De Boogh) Beekman. The subject was a physician and practiced medicine in Flatbush. As a member of the Leisler government, he was imprisoned for treason in 1691. However, after his release he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and later to full colonel in the militia under Governor Bellomont.
Bibliography
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. 213-5
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
