Lot 218
  • 218

John Vanderlyn

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • John Vanderlyn
  • Portrait of Matthew Persen
  • signed J. Vanderlyn lower left, titled Matthew Persen lower center and dated decem 1801 lower right
  • pencil, ink wash and charcoal on paper
  • sight: 8 1/2 by 6 1/2 in.
  • 21.3 by 17 cm
Together with ELIAB METCALF, Portrait of Mrs. John Salisbury, signed Eliab Metcalf Pinxit, dated 1813-New York lower left and titled Mrs. John Salisbury, nee Norton lower right, watercolor on paper. 2 works.

Provenance

Vanderlyn: Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York
Paul Magriel, New York
Metcalf: Sale: Christie's, New York, December 2, 1977, lot 4

Exhibited

Metcalf: Waterville, Maine, Colby College Museum of Art, 1967
New London, Connecticut, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, n.d.

Condition

Neither work was examined out of the frame. VANDERLYN: In generally good condition; soiling to surface: most of it in the blank areas outside oval; a few scattered spots of foxing and staining. METCALF: In generally good condition.
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