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A Studio Reception, Paris

by Thomas Prichard Rossiter

1841
oil on canvas
32 x 39 5/8 in.

Albany Institute of History and Art

Albany, NY

Rossiter, Thomas Prichard 
Ariaantje Coeymans Verplanck

by Nehemiah Partridge

ca. 1722-1723
Oil on canvas
71 x 39 in.

Albany Institute of History and Art

Albany, NY

Partridge, Nehemiahnotes
A portrait of Ariantje Coeymans Verplanck standing in an interior is the first known full-length, life-sized portrait of a woman in American art history.  "This large, imposing portrait is the earliest full-size portrait of a woman in colonial America. Ariaantje Coeymans was born in Albany in 1672. Her father was Barent Pieterse Coeymans, a...
Governor Martin Van Buren

by Ezra Ames

ca. 1828-29
oil on canvas
52 ¾ x 41 inches

Albany Institute of History and Art

Albany, NY

Ames, Ezra 
Library At Arbor Hill (Olcott Interior)

by Walter Launt Palmer

1878
oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.

Albany Institute of History and Art

Albany, NY

Palmer, Walter Launtnotes
In 1878, Palmer (son of sculptor Erastus Dow Palmer) painted this interior of the home today known as the Ten Broeck Mansion. Seated within is the house's owner, Thomas Worth Olcott (1795-1880), a prominent Albany banker. The furnishings are an eclectic mix of personal possessions, oriental rugs, a Shaker chair, a Japanese screen and a marble bust of...
The Fondey Family

by Ezra Ames

1803
oil on canvas
54 x 76 3/4 in.

Albany Institute of History and Art

Albany, NY

Ames, Ezranotes
Subject: Portrait group -- Family Portrait male -- Fondey, John, Jr. -- Full length; Portrait female -- Fondey, John, Jr., Mrs. (Cornelia Hun) -- Full length; Portrait female -- Fondey, Sarah -- Full length; Portrait male -- Fondey, Isaac -- Full length; Portrait female -- Fondey, Maria; Portrait male -- Fondey, William -- Child;...
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