Mrs. Vanderveer, or Mrs. Vandeveer

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Arts of the Americas

1717

Artist unknown (American, 18th century)
Formerly attributed to John Watson

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Artist unknown
Title: Mrs. Vanderveer, or Mrs. Vandeveer
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1717
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: Dated upper right: "July 9/AETS,48/1717"
Dimensions: 78.1 × 52.7 cm (30 × 20 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: A. A. McKay Fund
Reference Number: 1967.178
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The Laura Davidson Sears Academy of Fine Arts of The Elgin Academy, Elgin, IL (The Willson Press, n.d.), cat. 23, as Portrait of Mrs. Vandeveer, attributed to John Watson (1685–1768).

Champaign, Illinois, Krannert Art Museum, 250 Years of American Art, Art Resources Traveler exhibition, May 1968–July 1969, cat. np.

Descended through Vanderveer family, Perth Amboy, NJ, 1717–1925. With Charles F. Heartman (1883–1953), Metuchen, NJ, 1925. With Robert Fridenberg (1860–1946), New York, 1925. With M. A. Newhouse & Sons, New York, by December 14, 1925; sold to Judge Nathaniel C. and Mrs. Laura Davidson Sears (1855–1930), Lake Geneva, WI, and Daytona Beach, FL, 1926; given to the Elgin Academy, Elgin, IL, by 1949 [The Laura Davidson Sears Academy of Fine Arts of The Elgin Academy, Elgin, Ill., The Willson Press, n.d., cat. 23, then attributed to John Watson (1685–1768)]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1967.

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