John Vanderlyn

7 works held in 4 museums

American Neoclassical painter trained in Paris: portraits, history and allegory

Landing of Columbus, 1847.

John Vanderlyn (American), oil on canvas

United States Capitol, United States

Mrs. Marinus Willett and Her Son Marinus, Jr., John Vanderlyn

Mrs. Marinus Willett and Her Son Marinus, Jr., c. 1802.

John Vanderlyn (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Mary Ellis Bell (Mrs. Isaac Bell), John Vanderlyn

Mary Ellis Bell (Mrs. Isaac Bell), c. 1827.

John Vanderlyn (American), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Portrait of the Artist, 1800.

John Vanderlyn (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Calumny of Apelles, 1849.

John Vanderlyn (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of a Man, c. 1820.

John Vanderlyn (American), oil on canvas

Detroit Institute of Arts, United States

Zachariah Schoonmaker, 1815–1818.

John Vanderlyn (American), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Paintings by John Vanderlyn (1775-1852), in the public domain, each linked to its record on the website of the institution that holds it: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Architect of the Capitol. Only those for which a freely reusable photograph of good quality exists are shown: CC0 or public-domain files from the Metropolitan Museum and the National Gallery of Art, and public-domain files from Wikimedia Commons. Paintings photographed with a frame or a margin have been cropped to the painting. Titles are those of the museums (in English), with a translation.