John Vanderlyn

American, 1775 - 1852

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American artist (1775-1852)

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John Vanderlyn, The Cape of Pinzon, c. 1838, brown and black chalk heightened with white chalk and pastel on blue board, John Davis Hatch Collection, Andrew W. Mellon Fund and Avalon Fund, 1980.4.5

The Cape of Pinzon

John Vanderlyn · c. 1838 · brown and black chalk heightened with white chalk and pastel on blue board ·  Accession ID  1980.4.5

John Vanderlyn, Figure Costume Study for Columbus Mural, Washington, D.C., in or after 1837, brush and brown ink with brown wash heightened with white on laid paper, John Davis Hatch Collection, 1979.20.111

Figure Costume Study for Columbus Mural, Washington, D.C.

John Vanderlyn · in or after 1837 · brush and brown ink with brown wash heightened with white on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1979.20.111

John Vanderlyn, Study for "The Landing of Columbus", c. 1842, charcoal, wash, and crayon on laid paper, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through a bequest of George Lothrop Bradley and Helen McHenry Bradley), 2015.19.2799

Study for "The Landing of Columbus"

John Vanderlyn · c. 1842 · charcoal, wash, and crayon on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.2799

John Vanderlyn, John Sudam, 1829-1830, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1947.17.14

John Sudam

John Vanderlyn · 1829-1830 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1947.17.14

John Vanderlyn, Mary Ellis Bell (Mrs. Isaac Bell), c. 1827, oil on canvas, Gift of Evangeline Bell Bruce, 1997.19.1

Mary Ellis Bell (Mrs. Isaac Bell)

John Vanderlyn · c. 1827 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1997.19.1

John Vanderlyn, Study of a Woman's Dress, probably c. 1820, graphite and black chalk heightened with white chalk on pink wove paper, John Davis Hatch Collection, Avalon Fund, 1982.4.5

Study of a Woman's Dress

John Vanderlyn · probably c. 1820 · graphite and black chalk heightened with white chalk on pink wove paper ·  Accession ID  1982.4.5

John Vanderlyn, A Muse, 1815/1818, charcoal and white chalk heightened with white on pinkish-tan paper, squared for transfer, Gift of the Monica and Hermen Greenberg Foundation in honor of Monica Lind Greenberg, 2006.154.1

A Muse

John Vanderlyn · 1815/1818 · charcoal and white chalk heightened with white on pinkish-tan paper, squared for transfer ·  Accession ID  2006.154.1

John Vanderlyn, Zachariah Schoonmaker, 1815/1818, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1942.8.36

Zachariah Schoonmaker

John Vanderlyn · 1815/1818 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1942.8.36

John Vanderlyn, Self-Portrait, c. 1803/1804, lithograph on wove paper; laid down, John Davis Hatch Collection, 1987.21.2

Self-Portrait

John Vanderlyn · c. 1803/1804 · lithograph on wove paper; laid down ·  Accession ID  1987.21.2

John Vanderlyn, Portrait of a Seated Man, c. 1800, black chalk on bristol board, John Davis Hatch Collection, 1979.20.112

Portrait of a Seated Man

John Vanderlyn · c. 1800 · black chalk on bristol board ·  Accession ID  1979.20.112

Bibliography

1970

  • Lindsay, Kenneth C. The Works of John Vanderlyn: From Tammany to the Capitol. Exh. cat. University Art Gallery, Binghamton, New York, 1970.

1981

  • Oedell, William. John Vanderlyn: French Neoclassicism and the Search for an American Art. Ph.d dissertation, University of Delaware, 1981.

1990

  • Mondello, Salvatore, ed. The Private Papers of John Vanderlyn (1775-1852), American Portrait Painter. Lewiston, New York, 1990.

1998

  • Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 209-210.