Antique Painting Van Rensselaer Children From Estate of Abigail Adams

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Antique Oil Painting of Van Rensselaer Sisters playing with Family Dog
18th century French School painting is framed within a … Read more Antique Oil Painting of Van Rensselaer Sisters playing with Family Dog
18th century French School painting is framed within a 20th century 4-inch wood molding with a cast and gold finish
It is under glass
Artwork is 20" high by 17" wide (stretcher)
Frame is 28 1/2" high by 25 1/4" wide

One young woman is holding a bird-her head is turned toward her sister playing with a jumping white dog
They are in a garden landscape beneath a wall with a large sphinx on top

The Van Rensselaers were a very prominent American family
Van Rensselaer was co-founder of the Dutch West India Company and presided over Rensselaerswyck, a swath of roughly 1,200 square miles of present day upper state New York
The accomplishments of his descendants-count one general in the Revolutionary War, numerous congressmen, a couple of lieutenant governors- assured the Van Rensselaer name longevity
Edith Wharton, who was a cousin, portrays them in her novel "The Age of Innocence" as the Van der Luydens
Rensselaer carried letters from Abigail Adams Smith to John Quincy Adams on April 15, 1795 while John Quincy Adams was at The Hague

Abigail Adams was a great granddaughter of John Quincy Adams
There were several Abigail Adams in this family
We have a family tree and a Boston Globe article if the buyer is interested
The Adams family and Van Rensselaer families had a political association

Painting was purchased in 1979 in Brewster, MA from an antiques dealer
Dealer had an appraisal stating painting was purchased January 14, 1914 from the estate of Abigail Adams, 452 Beacon Street, Boston, MA
We have a detailed extensive history of 452 Beacon Street if buyer is interested See less