$5,629
American School, 19th Century Portrait of Jenny Lind Root Holding a Basket of Flowers. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1855, 46 1/2 x 33 in., in original molded giltwood frame. Condition: Minor paint losses, craquelure with inpainting. Note: An ink inscribed note accompanying the portrait states: "Jennie Lind Root/Daughter of Dr. Herman Knox Root and Catherine Pettibone of Simsbury [Connecticut] named for Jenny Lind the Swedish singer/Buried in Simsbury Cemetary..." A search of cemetery records of the Simsbury Center graveyard indicates Jenny Lind Root was born June 10, 1850, the daughter of Herman Knox Root (1821-1858) and Catherine Pettibone (1808-1878). Jenny died August 16, 1930. Allover stable craquelure which was inpainted some time ago. Painting has surface grime, small dots of paint loss u.l.and u.r.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-07