American School, Mid-19th Century Portrait of Young Woman in Lace Cap

Description:

American School, Mid-19th Century

Portrait of Young Woman in Lace Cap
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 24 x 19 3/4 in., in a molded gilt-gesso frame.
Condition: Relined, repaired puncture above sitter's head, spot of retouch on sitter's lower lip, areas of retouch in the dress and background, uneven varnish layer.
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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