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Governor Martin Van Buren, (painting). Artist:  Ames, Ezra, 1768-1836, painter. Title:  Governor Martin Van Buren, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1828-1829. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  52 3/4 x 41 in. Description:  Three-quarter-length portrait of Martin Van Buren standing with his right hand on his hip and his left hand resting on two books and some sheets of paper. A sofa is behind him and a fluted column is at right. Subject:  Portrait male -- Van Buren, Martin -- Knee length Occupation -- Political -- Governor Occupation -- Political -- President Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object Type:  Painting Owner:  On loan to Albany Institute of History and Art, 125 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12210 Accession Number: 1971.12.31 Lent by City of Albany, Albany, New York Remarks:  On permanent deposit to the Albany Institute of History and Art from the City of Albany. The painting was once on loan to the New York State Historical Association Museum, Ticonderoga, N.Y., where it remained until 1946, when it was placed on permanent loan at the Albany Institute of History and Art. References:  "Albany Institute of History & Art: 200 years of collecting," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with Albany Institute of History & Art, 1998, no. 10. Albany Institute of History and Art, 1978. Bolton, Theodore & Irwin F. Cortelyou, "Ezra Ames of Albany," New-York Historical Society," 1955, no. 378. Piwonka, Ruth and Roderic H. Blackburn, "A visible heritage, Columbia County, New York: a history in art and architecture," Columbia County Historical Society, Kinderhook, N.Y., 1977. Illustration:  "Albany Institute of History & Art: 200 years of collecting," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with Albany Institute of History & Art, 1998, pg. 65. Bolton, Theodore & Irwin F. Cortelyou, "Ezra Ames of Albany," New-York Historical Society," 1955, p.131. Piwonka, Ruth and Roderic H. Blackburn, "A visible heritage, Columbia County, New York: a history in art and architecture," Columbia County Historical Society, Kinderhook, N.Y., 1977, pg. 71. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 33220264   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 33220264 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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