Name/Title
Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr.Entry/Object ID
VC.58.2 a-bDescription
a. Painting: Three-quarter view, turned toward figure's left, of a middle-aged man: brown hair, curly about face, ruddy complexion, long straight nose, humorous gray eyes gazing directly from picture; white shirt with ruffles at throat within lapels of black double-breasted coat; dark grey background, with rather ambiguous suggestion of an arch; on the reverse of the canvas is an unfinished sketch.
b. Frame: Rectangle of moldings; exterior with reeding bound at corners; deep cyma-reversa area; splayed section carved grapevine motif; inner reeded molding; front, gilt; sides, painted brown.Artwork Details
Medium
Oil Paint, Canvas, Oil Paint, CanvasSubject Person or Organization
Maj-Gen Pierre Van Cortlandt IICollection
Van Cortlandt Manor Object CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Ezra AmesAttribution
ArtistNotes
Dates: c. 1815Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
15586
VC.58.2 A
VC.58.2 A-B
Dimensions
Dimension Description
ObjectHeight
30-3/4 inWidth
24-7/8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 30 3/4 x 24 7/8 in. (78.1 x 63.2 cm)Dimension Description
FramedHeight
39-1/2 inWidth
33-1/4 inDepth
3-3/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 39 1/2 x 33 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (100.3 x 84.5 x 9.5 cm)Condition
Notes
Remarks: The painting is abraded along the left edge. There are also several areas of lifting paint with associated losses at bottom right. The lifting paint will be consolidated with sturgeon glue. The losses will be filled with Flugger fill material. The fills and the abrasion will be retouched with watercolor and MS2A. There are also local losses in the frame that will be consolidated with sturgeon glue and retouched with watercolor. (Condition analysis and treatment proposal: Shawn Digney-Peer)Notes
Overall Analysis: Restretched, relined, cleaned, etc., Aug. 1956, by the Kecks, Brooklyn, New York. For further information, see "Restoration Paintings" folder on file.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Maj-Gen Pierre Van Cortlandt IINotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
Anne Stevenson Van CortlandtNotes
Former ownerPerson or Organization
Miss Anne Stevenson Van CortlandtNotes
Former ownerPerson or Organization
Miss Catherine Van Cortlandt MathewsNotes
Former ownerPerson or Organization
Mrs. William V. Mason Jr.Notes
Former ownerPerson or Organization
Mrs. Robert P. BrowneNotes
Former ownerPerson or Organization
Van Cortlandt FamilyNotes
Former ownerRelated Entries
Notes
VC.58.1 a-b - Painting - Similar itemGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Dating, of c. 1815, arrived at by comparison with the portrait done in that year (according to a receipt (VC.59.725) signed by Ames of the second Mrs. Pierre Van Cortlandt II (VC.58.1, A-B). Very likely that the two were executed at about the same time.Note Type
General NoteNote
Van Cortlandt family possessionNote Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Unit 6 Slot 01