Matthew Harris Jouett (Kentucky, 1788-1827) Portrait of Joseph Archibald Logan, Aged Eight.

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Matthew Harris Jouett (Kentucky, 1788-1827)

Portrait of Joseph Archibald Logan, Aged Eight. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, painted c. 1824, the young man holds a bow and arrow and is standing in an outdoor setting presumed to be the rolling hills of Woodford County (Versailles),Kentucky, his home, 33 x 28 in., in original gilt gesso frame. Condition: Relined onto Masonite, scattered retouch, some inpainting, frame has some losses.

Provenance: The sitter's sister, Margaret C. Logan, also of Woodford County, Kentucky, gave this painting to her dear friend, and then through her family to the consignor.

Exhibited: The University of Kentucky, to commemorate the work of the artist in the late 1970's; Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, Matthew Harris Jouett: Portraitist of the Ante-Bellum South, 1980, to commemorate the work of Matthew Harris Jouett and the bicentennial of the university. This work was illustrated in the catalogue of the exhibition p. 47.


Note: Matthew Harris Jouett, who was born in what is now Mercer County, Kentucky, has long been regarded as the most noted portrait painter in the ante-bellum South. After studying at Transylvania University, he spent four months in 1816 studying with Gilbert Stuart in Boston. This painting exhibits the same painterly soft-edged style and the florid flesh tones that can be seen in Gilbert Stuart's work. Much admired by his mentor Jouett returned to the South where he painted 300 portraits, very few with a landscape.

Estimate $10,000-15,000

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