Nov 29, 2006 10:00 EST
American Furniture & Decorations
2285
Matthew Harris Jouett
American, 1788-1827
Portrait of Dr. Benjamin Winslow Dudley, 1810
Oil on cradled panel
27 1/4 x 20 3/4 inches
Provenance:
Mrs. James Ross Todd, Louisville, Kentucky
Exhibited:
Louisville, Kentucky, The J.B. Speed Art Museum, A Centenary Exhibition of the Work of Matthew Harris Jouett, 1928
Louisville, Kentucky, The J.B. Speed Art Museum, on extended loan from 1983
Literature:
Mrs. William H. Martin, All Known Paintings by Matthew Harris Jouett , Louisville, 1939, no. 131
Sold for $10,000
Estimated at $2,000 - $4,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Matthew Harris Jouett
American, 1788-1827
Portrait of Dr. Benjamin Winslow Dudley, 1810
Oil on cradled panel
27 1/4 x 20 3/4 inches
Provenance:
Mrs. James Ross Todd, Louisville, Kentucky
Exhibited:
Louisville, Kentucky, The J.B. Speed Art Museum, A Centenary Exhibition of the Work of Matthew Harris Jouett, 1928
Louisville, Kentucky, The J.B. Speed Art Museum, on extended loan from 1983
Literature:
Mrs. William H. Martin, All Known Paintings by Matthew Harris Jouett , Louisville, 1939, no. 131
Frame rubbing. Fine craquelure throughout. Scattered tiny spots of inpainting down the center of the painting - several spots in his face. Inpainting is also scattered along the edges. Difficult to detect older restoration through the dulling varnish under UV light.
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Auction: American Furniture & Decorations, Nov 29, 2006
