Portrait of the Artist — John Vanderlyn

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Artist: John Vanderlyn
Date: 1800
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Culture: United States

THE ARTIST

John Vanderlyn

John Vanderlyn, a protégé of Aaron Burr, was the first American painter to study in France, earning a gold medal at the Paris Salon for 'Caius Marius Amid the Ruins of Carthage'.

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