Lot 131
  • 131

Sir Martin Archer Shee, P.R.A 1769 - 1850

Estimate
5,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Sir Martin Archer Shee, P.R.A
  • Portrait of a Man, said to be Daniel O'Connell
  • oil on canvas
  • 35 7/8 by 28 1/8 in.
  • 91.1 by 71.4 cm.

Provenance

John D. Crimmins;
By whom given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1899 (no. 99.30).

Literature

K. Baetjer, European Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, by artists born in or before 1865, A Summary Catalogue, New York 1980, Vol. I, p. 172, reproduced Vol. II, p. 274.

Condition

Lined canvas. Paint surface is blistering around the head; some scattered craquelure; very yellowed varnish. Under UV light: very small spots of inpainting visible, however, most inpainting is obscured by masking varnish.
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