Daniel Crommelin Verplanck

John Singleton Copley American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 755

Verplanck (1762–1834), the scion of a Dutch American dynasty, is shown here at the age of nine, posed at the family’s Hudson Valley homestead, Mount Gulian. He was the eldest son of Judith Crommelin and Samuel Verplanck (39.173). In the painting Copley presented the popular theme of a youth with a trained, gold-leashed pet squirrel, symbolizing patience and diligence in their wealthy owners. The sitter went on to graduate from Columbia College (now University) and become a member of the Whig party in the US Congress. The remarkable perception and clarity of the portrait reveals the hallmarks that made Copley the most successful painter of the upper classes in colonial America.

#4322. Daniel Crommelin Verplanck

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Daniel Crommelin Verplanck, John Singleton Copley (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1738–1815 London), Oil on canvas, American

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