Portrait of Sarah Drexel Van Rensselaer (1860-1929)
Entry/Object ID
1386
Acquisition
Notes
Date: 1963
Source: Formerly in dormitory
Made/Created
Artist
Lazar Raditz
Date made
1936
Place
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Overall Dimensions: Framed
Height
55-1/4 in
Width
46-1/4 in
Dimension Description
Canvas Dimensions: Unframed
Height
45 in
Width
35-1/2 in
Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Exhibition Label
Label
Sarah Drexel Van Rensselaer (1860-1929) was the daughter of Anthony J. Drexel. She was the third eldest of nine children and one of five daughters and one of his most confident and forceful children. She married Alexander Van Rensselaer on January 27, 1898 and together helped found the Phialdelphia Orchestra in 1900 and presided over Philadelphia society. She is the mother of Amanda Fell Cassatt from a previous marriage to John R. Fell (d. 1895) in 1879.
