Pieter van Buren , (painting).

Pieter van Buren , (painting).

Elliott, Charles Loring, 1812-1868, painter.

Pieter van Buren , (painting).

30 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (76.8 x 64.8 cm).

(On back, visible before relining:) Painted by C.L. Elliott/1842/And presented to S. Thayer/by the Artist signed

Portrait of white-haired Pieter Van Buren, his body turned to the left, his head turned to face the viewer. He wears a dark suit and tie with a white shirt.

Portrait male -- van Buren, Pieter -- Bust

Portrait male -- van Buren, Pieter -- Elderly

Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 47.1160

Gift of Karolik, Martha C.,

Formerly thought to be a portrait of Sanford Thayer.

Museum of Fine Arts Boston, "M and M Karolik Collection of American paintings, 1815 to 1865," Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1949.

"American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969.

Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 89.

Karolik Catalog, 1949, No.113.

Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 89.

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