Pierre Van Cortlandt II

Art

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Pierre Van Cortlandt II

Entry/Object ID

VC.80.2 a-b

Description

a. Painting: Three-quarter view portrait of middle-aged man positioned fairly low on the canvas; short, greyish hair, brushed forward over ruddy complexioned face; wears black jacket with high rolled collar and puffed tight sleeves; white shirt with high turned up white collar, plain high white stock and front ruffle; shaded brown background b. Frame: Wide molded frame with gesso foliate relief.

Artwork Details

Medium

Canvas, Gilt, Oil Paint, Gesso, Canvas, Gilt, Oil Paint, Gesso

Subject Person or Organization

Maj-Gen Pierre Van Cortlandt II

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

William Collins

Attribution

Artist

Date made

circa 1830

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

FARL 15603
VC.80.2

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Sight

Height

31 in

Width

24 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 31 x 24 in. (78.7 x 61 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: There is one area of local lifting. There are also scattered areas of abrasion at the edges. Lifting paint will be consolidated with sturgeon glue. Abrasion will be retouched with watercolor and MS2A. (Condition analysis and treatment proposal: Shawn Digney-Peer)

Notes

Remarks: Canvas has various small areas of paint loss; paint is tenting; small fragment detached from frame during 2007 winter cleaning; fragment stored in collections manager's office. [Previously noted details of condition, date unknown]: Nick in frame, lower left; mark, edge of canvas, right; abrasion upper right corner of canvas.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

John D. Rockefeller Jr.

Notes

Former owner

Person or Organization

Maj-Gen Pierre Van Cortlandt II

Notes

Subject

Person or Organization

Van Cortlandt Family

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Pierre Van Cortlandt II (1762-1848), son of Pierre and Joanna Livingston Van Cortlandt, lived most of his adult life in Albany and Peekskill. Another painting of Pierre Van Cortlandt II by Collins is in the collection of New York Historical Society. Exhibited at: Executive Mansion, Albany, returned 2/4/75.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Upper Hall