$35,250
American School, 19th Century Portrait of Twins Audrey and Adelia Brownell Age Six. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1840, depicting the girls, dressed alike in pink off-the-shoulder dresses and white pantaloons, each holding a spray of flowers and carrying a small silk pouch containing blossoms, seated on a floral patterned carpet, 29 1/4 x 36 in., in an ornate gilt gesso frame. Condition: Minor retouch, two patch repairs. Provenance: By family descent of Audrey Brownell to the consignor. According to family history the twins were born in 1834 presumably in the Pownal, Vermont, and Petersburg, New York, area.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-11-06