Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
ca. 1656
1951.414c
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Petrus (Peter) Stuyvesant (1611/12-1672)
Title
Petrus (Peter) Stuyvesant (1611/12-1672)
Date
n.d.
Medium
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions
support: 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. ( 57.2 x 44.4 cm )
Frame: 29 1/4 x 25 x 2 1/2 in. (74.3 x 63.5 x 6.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Van Rensselaer Stuyvesant
Object Number
1909.2
Gallery Label
By 1635, Peter Stuyvesant, a native of west Friesland, the Netherlands, was employed by the Dutch West India Co. and sent to Brazil. In 1643 he was made governor of Cura
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. 176-177
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
