Max von Schmaedel (German, b. 1856) Portrait of Miss Davenport

Description:

Max von Schmaedel (German, b. 1856)

Portrait of Miss Davenport
Signed and inscribed "M. v. Schmaedel/München" l.r.
Oil on Academy board, 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.8 cm),framed.
Condition: Scattered retouch, slight bowing to the support, wear to edges.

Provenance: Estate of N. David Scotti, Providence, Rhode Island.

N.B. The sitter has been identified in a copy of a letter dated August 3, 1905, from Seth Mendell to William C. Davenport, President of The Machinists' Bank, Taunton, Massachusetts, in an envelope affixed to the reverse of the painting.
Estimate $400-600

There is a label from E. W. Devoe and Company, New York, on the reverse. An envelope containing a copy of a letter regarding the portrait is also affixed to the reverse.

The retouch is minor and confined mainly to the perimeter, with a few very small dots of retouch to the figure's face.

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