Zachariah Schoonmaker

Provenance

The sitter's son, Marius Schoonmaker [1811-1894]; his daughter, Ella Schoonmaker [Mrs. Henry D.] Darrow, St. Louis, Missouri; purchased 10 January 1923 by Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; his estate; sold as part of the Clarke collection 29 January 1936, through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), to The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1942 to NGA.

Zachariah Schoonmaker

Vanderlyn, John

1815/1818

Accession Number

1942.8.36

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 66.4 x 57 cm (26 1/8 x 22 7/16 in.) | framed: 84.5 x 74.3 x 6.2 cm (33 1/4 x 29 1/4 x 2 7/16 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Collection