Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2308Location: BostonDate / Time: February 19, 2006 11:00AM
Description:
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of a Ship's Captain. Unsigned. Oil on panel, depicting the brown-eyed and brown-haired gentleman wearing a black double-breasted jacket with brass buttons, a three-masted ship flying an American flag sail in the distance, 24 x 20 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Retouch.
Literature: This portrait is illustrated in American Country: FOLK ART. Created by Rebus, Inc., published by Time-Life Books, 1990, p. 154.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
A piece of wood was applied on the left edge, possibly original, allover craquelure with inpainting filling gaps.