$23,700
American School, Early 19th Century Portrait of a Woman in White. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1805, depicting the brown-haired, brown-eyed woman wearing a lacy white bonnet and a white high-waisted dress with lacy ruff, holding a round container in her hand, 23 x 19 1/4 in., in a later molded giltwood frame. Condition: Small hole l.l., minor paint loss. Appears to be original stretcher, not relined, small (about 1/2 x 1/8 in.) paint loss on her right-facing eye brow, a 1/2 in. line on her bonnet ribbon by her ear area, 1 x 1/4 in. area on her left facing shoulder with old retouch, the small hole is on her first digit, also a couple unobtrusive small paint losses in the background
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-02-17