Frederick Vultee (New York, ac. 1830-1838) "AMANDA" Before a Landscape.

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Frederick Vultee (New York, ac. 1830-1838)

"AMANDA" Before a Landscape. Signed and dated "Post Mortem/F.L. Vultee/PINXT 1834" on the back of the canvas. Oil on canvas, 34 x 26 in., in a period gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Relined, scattered craquelure with inpainting.

Literature: See Groce, George and David Wallace, The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860, p. 759. Vultee is listed as a portrait painter in New York City active 1830-38. He exhibited at the Apollo Association. After 1835 he was variously listed in directories as a broker, boarding house owner, deputy sheriff, porter, lawyer, under sheriff, and secretary.
Estimate $500-700

Relined, scattered craquelure with inpainting. The inpainted craquelure is primarily to her dress and lower canvas, inpainting to 1 x 3/4 in. area on her neck, and lower right chin area.

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