$8,888
Zedekiah Belknap (American, 1781-1858) Pair of Portraits of a Man and Woman. Unsigned. Oil on wood panel, 25 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. in period molded wood frames. Condition: Very good. Note: A label affixed to the reverse of one panel is inscribed: "These pictures were painted about 1808. In 1853 they came into possession of daughter Adeline, Mrs. Burchard of Newfane, Vermont. Forty-one years later, in 1894 they came into possession of John J. Putnam of Worcester, for him and his son John Parkhurst. Twice they were snatched from burning buildings: first from the home in Chesterfield, N. H. about the year 1845, and again from Mrs. Burchard's house in Nufane, Vt., about 1890. They were then exposed to a sleet storm till the next day."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-03-06
