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The commission to paint Margaret Bancker (1774-1867) and her toddler son probably came through Vanderlyn's patron, the statesman Aaron Burr, who was friendly with her husband, Colonel Marinus Willett (1740–1830; 17.87.1).
Recollections of John Vanderlyn, the Artist. By Bishop Kip. February 1867 Issue. THE visitor to the Rotunda, in the L Capitol at Washington, sees, among the large historical pictures placed there ...
Asher Brown Durand American. After John Vanderlyn American. ca. 1831–35. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 756. Before he became a painter, Durand was considered the foremost engraver in the United States. His usual procedure was to start by making a copy in oils of the work to be engraved that was equal in size to the intended print.
John Vanderlyn. Born Kingston, N.Y., October 15, 1775. Died Kingston, N.Y., September 24, 1852. John Vanderlyn earned many distinctions in the history of American art, but he also endured many frustrations as an artist and businessman. He began his professional career in the studio of Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828), and under the patronage of the ...
John Vanderlyn [1776-1852] Graphic Artist. John Vanderlyn was the grandson of Pieter Vanderlyn [1687-1778], who was also a painter with rather limited, but high quality output. Whereas John Vanderlyn was a painter nearly his entire adult life, his grandfather Pieter only painted for about 15 years, and during that time apparently only painted ...
Unlike his contemporaries, John Vanderlyn chose Paris over London, becoming the first American artist to study in France - and the first to exhibit at the Salon, where he won a medal in 1804 for "The Death of Jane McCrea" (Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Connecticut).
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