Creator Bio
Gerardus Duyckinck I
1695–1746
Gerardus Duyckinck I was a member of a family of Dutch artisans who emigrated to New Amsterdam in 1635. In addition to painting, his crafts included painting, limning, and glasswork. He specialized in portraits of well-to-do families. He also painted biblical scenes. His 1716 The Birth of the Virgin is the earliest dated and signed painting from New York.
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Portrait of Abigaill Franks (1696–1756).
Born in London, as a young girl Abigaill Levy immigrated with her parents to New York City. In 1712, she married Jacob Franks, with whom she would have nine children. Despite his Ashkenazic family…
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Portraits of the Franks-Levy Family
In the 1730s, the German Jewish Franks-Levy family commissioned an artist to create portraits of three generations of the family. These paintings are all attributed to Gerardus Duykinck, a member of a…