Search ALL sculptures and paintings
Login
My List - 0
Help
Search Images
Search
About
Keyword
Search History
All Catalogs
Search:
General Keyword
Artist Keyword
Subject Keyword
Refine Search
Return to results
> You are only searching:
Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
Who else has...
Martiny, Philip,
Thomas, John Rochester,
Horgan and Slattery,
Portrait male -- De Vries, David Pietersen
Occupation -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
Sculpture
Surrogate's Court: David Pietersen De Vries, (sculpture).
Artist:
Martiny, Philip, 1858-1927, sculptor.
Thomas, John Rochester, 1848-1901, designer.
Horgan and Slattery, architectural firm.
Title:
Surrogate's Court: David Pietersen De Vries, (sculpture).
Dates:
1907.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft.
Subject:
Portrait male
--
De Vries, David Pietersen
--
Full Length
Occupation
--
Other
--
Aristocrat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
--
New York
--
New York
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of New York, Department of General Services, One Centre Street, New York, New York 10007
Located Surrogate's Court, 31 Chambers Street, Chambers Street facade, New York, New York
Provenance:
Formerly located New York City Hall of Records, 31 Chambers Street, New York, New York
Remarks:
David Pietersen De Vries was the estate holder for the colony of Staten Island about 1640. The sculpture is one of eight figures along the cornice of the building.
The Surrogate's Court building was formerly known as the New York City Hall of Records. Horgan and Slattery are the building's architects and John Rochester Thomas is the building's designer. For related information see Bogart, Michele H., "Public Sculpture and the Civic Ideal in New York City, 1890-1930," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989, pg. 135-154.
References:
Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 48-49.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Gayle, Margot & Michelle Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 48-49.
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:
IAS 87870039
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
87870039
Add Copy to MyList
Format:
HTML
Plain text
Delimited
Subject:
Email to:
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
About
| © 2020 Smithsonian |
Terms of Use
|
Privacy
|
Contact