Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mrs. Eugene Van Rensselaer (1846-1923)
Object Number:
1905.254
Date:
1895
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 cm )
Marks:
signed: "Behenna"
Gallery Label:
Sally Pendleton was the daughter of Elisha Boyd and Lucinda (Tutt) Pendleton of Berkeley County, Va. On April 26, 1865, she was married to Eugene Van Rensselaer (1840-1925) in Baltimore. He was the youngest of eleven children of Stephen Van Rensselaer, tenth patroon and eighth lord of the manor.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
