Mrs. Caleb Beck

Art

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Mrs. Caleb Beck

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.18 a-b

Description

a. Half-length portrait of a middle-aged woman; sitter turned slightly to her left, giving three-quarter view of face; long, straight brown hair drawn back; brown eyes; rosy complexion; thin face with fleshy chin; long straight nose; stout body; low V-necked blue silk dress with ruffle at neck, three-quarter length sleeves; brown cloak draped over right shoulder, appearing also behind left; round earrings with dangles; blue bead choker; reddish-brown background; portrait set within rounded rectangle, with painted spandrels in brown; unsigned. b. Frame: Pear wood; series of cyma curves; rectangular.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas, wood (pear), Oil on canvas, wood (pear)

Subject Person or Organization

Mrs. Caleb(Annetje Mol) Beck

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Nehemiah Partridge

Attribution

Artist

Date made

1724 - 1725

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

VC.58.18 A-B
VC.58.18a-b

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

29-3/4 in

Width

25-3/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 29 3/4 x 25 3/8 in. (75.6 x 64.5 cm)

Condition

Notes

Overall Analysis: Restoration by the Kecks, Brooklyn, N.Y., March, 1958, included relining, cleaning, restretching, etc. For further information, see folder. Remarks: 1958

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Mrs. Caleb(Annetje Mol) Beck

Notes

Subject

Person or Organization

Dr. Therodoric Romeyn Beck

Notes

Former owner

Person or Organization

Catherine Elizabeth Beck Van Cortlandt

Notes

Former owner

Related Entries

Notes

VC.58.19 a-b - Painting - Used together

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

From original cataloging notes, 1958: "Stylistically, there are many similarities between VC.58.18 a-b and VC.58.19 a-b and the work of the New England mariner, Capt. Thomas Smith. The attribution of this portrait to Pieter Vanderlyn, which occurs in the Parke-Bernet sale catalog cited above, is not sound in any way; indeed it borders on the ridiculous... The dates indicated as the earliest and latest possible, are, those of the marriage of the Becks, and the death of the Captain. Naturally, the age of the subjects in the portraits points toward a date in the last decade or so of this period." Mrs. Beck's maiden name was Mol; Fairly being her first husband. Married John Fairly in 1699. The day book of Evert Wendell that mentions payment for the two portraits of the Becks is in the collection of the New-York Historical Society [Jessa J. Krick, 2/2010]

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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