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Philip Van Cortlandt

Ezra Ames

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a man with short, curly brown hair, wearing a black jacket, white collared shirt with pinstripes, and a white cravat or jabot; holding a folded paper map or document in his left hand; seated in a red chair with a high back; against a dark background with a light source from the left. Philip Van Cortlandt by Ezra Ames.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
481 × 625 px
Museum record:
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