Lot 548
  • 548

Attributed to Rembrandt Peale 1778 - 1860

Estimate
7,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Rembrandt Peale
  • Portrait of a Gentleman
  • oil on canvas
  • 22 in. by 17 1/2 in.
on what appear to be the original stretchers; period frame. According to family tradition, the subject of the portrait is Attorney-General Shaw.

Provenance

Descended in the Montague family;
Nelly Montague;
James Ricau.

Condition

Heavily varnished trapping dirt.
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