Albert Gallatin Hoit (American, 1809-1856) Portrait of Pietro Bachi (aka Ignasio Batolo)

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Albert Gallatin Hoit (American, 1809-1856)Portrait of Pietro Bachi (aka Ignasio Batolo) Unsigned, "From / J.J. Adams / 99 Washington St. / Boston" canvas stencil on the reverse, oil on canvas, framed. Condition: Some inpainting.
N.B. The sitter (b. 1801, Palermo, Italy; d. 1853, Boston, MA) was a professor of foreign languages at Harvard University, ca. 1827. The work is purportedly illustrated in With faithfulness and quiet dignity : Albert Gallatin Hoit 1809-1856 , by Patricia L. Heard, New Hampshire Historical Society, 1984, Concord, NH, pg. 30. Copy of Catalog of American Portraits, National Portrait Gallery object ID accompanies the lot.
Estimate $600-800

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