Reverend Increase Mather
MediumOil on canvas
Credit LineGift of General Samuel L. Pitkin
Description[Half-length portrait of a man wearing clerical garb. His right arm is bent at the elbow with his hand in line with his chest. His left hand holds a Bible which is opened at Revelations, Chapters Two and Three. On the right of the picture there are shelves filled with books partially covered by a curtain. Over the subject's right shoulder is a scroll with the motto "Non est mortale quod opto". The painting has been altered by repainting over the original portrait. A very dim inscription at the subject's right near the upper corner appears to read "Aetet Suae 65 An:49".]
Object number1844.1.2
NotesSubject Note: This painting was given to the Connecticut Historical Society by General Samuel L. Pitkin as a portrait of Reverend Increase Mather. Due to the evidence of repainting, it is believed that the painting may have originally been of Mather's father-in-law, Reverend John Cotton.On View
On viewDavis & Sanford