Boy with Dog
Boy with Dog

On view

American Art
Wilmerding Pavilion
Philip & Nancy Anschutz Gallery

Boy with Dog,

ca. 1725–30

Pieter Vanderlyn, ca. 1687–1778; born Netherlands; died Marbletown, NY
2016-66

Information

Title
Boy with Dog
Dates

ca. 1725–30

Maker
Pieter Vanderlyn
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
72.4 × 61.6 cm (28 1/2 × 24 1/4 in.) frame: 87.3 × 76.2 × 6.3 cm (34 3/8 × 30 × 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Bernard H. Chaiken in memory of Mildred Chaiken
Object Number
2016-66
Place Made

North America, United States, New York, Hudson River Valley

Culture
American
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Materials
oil paint, canvas
Techniques
oil painting
Subject
figures (representations), dogs, portraits, boys

Acquired by American folk art collector Mildred Chaiken (1927-1916) and donated by her husband, Dr. Bernard Chaiken

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