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Benjamin Greenleaf (Massachusetts/New Hampshire, 1769-1821) Portrait of a Young Man with a Masonic Pin

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$923$750
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3158TLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 25, 2018 12:00PM

Description:

Benjamin Greenleaf (Massachusetts/New Hampshire, 1769-1821)

Portrait of a Young Man with a Masonic Pin
Unsigned.
Oil reverse-painting on glass, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in., in a black- and brown-painted frame.
Condition: Glass is broken but complete.

Provenance: Fernrock Antiques, North Conway, New Hampshire, August 12, 1982.

Literature: Arthur & Sybil B. Kern, "Benjamin Greenleaf: 19th Century Portrait Painter," The Clarion, Spring/Summer 1985, pp. 42, 46.
Provenance: The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art.
Estimate $1,500-2,500


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Benjamin Greenleaf, Sybil B. Kern, North Conway