Susanna Truax

1730

Pieter Vanderlyn

Painter, American, c. 1687 - 1778

The Gansevoort Limner

Painter, American, active 1730/1745

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Descended in the family of Andries Truax, [the sitter] Susanna Truax's brother, to Katherine Landon Fuguet until 1946.[1] John P. Kinsey, by whom sold in 1949 (Charles F. Montgomery as agent) to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.
[1] Additional Truax descendants listed in Ownership Detail below are per genealogical notes by Katherine Landon Fuguet, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1954

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 15.

1955

  • American Primitive Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955 (replaced another painting and shown about one week).

1958

  • American Folk Art. Part of American Art. Four Exhibitions, Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, Belgium, 1958, no. 47, 35, as by Unknown.

1961

  • 101 Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by the Amer. Federation of Arts, New York, 1961-1964, no. 7, color repro., as by Unknown. First venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.

1967

  • Merchants and Planters of the Upper Hudson Valley 1700-1750, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Williamsburg; Albany Institute of History and Art; Museum of American Folk Art and New-York Historical Soc., New York, 1967, unnumbered brochure.

1968

  • American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: 111 Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by American Federation of Arts, NY, 1968-1970, no. 8, repro. First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.

1970

  • American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, organzied by the American Federation of Arts, NY, and Mainichi News., Nihobashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, 1970, no cat.

1985

  • American Naive Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Exh. cat. Traveling exh. by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 30, color frontispiece. First venue: Museum of American Folk Art, New York.

1988

  • La Nascita di Una Nazione: Pittori americani dalla National Gallery of Art di Washington 1730-1880, Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna; Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna di Ca'Pesaro, Venice, 1988-1989, no. 30, repro.

2000

  • "A fresh and large assortment": American Silver from a Private Collection, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 2000, no cat.

2009

  • Steeped in History: The Art of Tea, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, 2009, no. 6.1, repro.

Bibliography

1959

  • Belknap, Waldron Phoenix, Jr. American Colonial Painting: Materials for a History. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959: pl. 71, no. 4.

1963

  • Heydenryk, Henry. The Art and History of Frames. New York, 1963: 98, fig. 88.

1966

  • Curran, Ona. "A Study of Portraits of Schenectady Residents, 1715-1750." M.A. thesis, State University of New York College at Oneonta, Cooperstown Graduate Program, 1966: 25, 29, 86-88, 114, 136-137.

1969

  • Black, Mary C. "The Gansevoort Limner." Antiques 96 (November 1969): 738, 741-742.

1971

  • Black, Mary C. "Pieter Vanderlyn and Other Limners of the Upper Hudson." In American Painting to 1776: A Reappraisal. Edited by Ian M. G. Quimby. Charlottesville, Va., 1971: 239.

1980

  • Brant, Sandra, and Elissa Cullman. Small Folk: A Celebration of Childhood in America. New York, 1980: 69, color pl. 108.

1988

  • Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Rev. ed. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988: 86, repro.

  • Blackburn, Roderic H., and Ruth Piwonka. Rememberance of Patria: Dutch Arts and Culture in Colonial America 1609-1776. Exh. cat. Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, 1988: no. 237, color repro. 225.

1992

  • Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 143-145, color repro. 144.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 186, repro.

1993

  • Miles, Ellen G., ed. The Portrait in Eighteenth-Century America. Newark, 1993, fig. 16.

Inscriptions

upper left: Susanna Truax / Gebooren den 8 [--]: 1726, / Geschilderd, Maart, 1730 [translated as: "Susanna Truax / born 8 November: 1726, / Painted, March 1730"]

Wikidata ID

Q20177857


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