$8,295
American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Boy Seated on an Empire Sofa with a Schoolbook. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1835, depicting the child wearing a blue, black, and white checked dress with ruffled white collar and a black belt, seated beside a basket containing a hammer, 27 x 22 in., in original mahogany veneer frame. Condition: Small patch repairs, one small puncture u.c., minor retouch. About 1/3 in. lg. puncture above boy''s head u.c., four small patch repairs u.r, u.l., l.r., and l.c., minor scattered small spots of retouch on face and neck, and on the patch repairs..
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-02-15