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Van Rensselaer, Schuyler, Mrs., 1851-1934 print view role Collector dates 1851-1934 city New York City state NY other cities Dresden, Germany; New Brunswick, NJ; sex F historical notes Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, née Mariana Alley Griswold, was an art collector, critic and author. She was the daughter of New York merchant George Griswold, educated both home and abroad, and married Schuyler Van Rensselaer in 1873. Van Rensselaer left art to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard’s Fogg Museum, American Academy of the Arts and Letters, and the Connecticut College for women. These gifts included, among others, an oil painting attributed to Jacobus Cuyp, a painting from the Neapolitan school, a bust by the American Sculptor Herick Christian Anderson, and work by Charles Sargent, Joseph Pennell, Piranesi and Seymour Halden. decades of activity 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 updated 10/31/2024 13:33:22 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Isabella Stewart Gardner papers, 1760-1956. see details... Hill-stead Museum Archives Theodate Pope Riddle Papers, 1865-1946 (bulk 1885-1920) see details... University of Texas, Austin Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Joseph and Elizabeth R. Pennell Papers, 1832-1951 see details... New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Rm 328 Richard Watson Gilder papers, 1855-1916 see details... New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Rm 328 Century Company records, 1870-1924 see details... New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Rm 328 American Fund for French Wounded records, 1915-1919 see details... «  back