Lot 1247
  • 1247

Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin (1770 - 1852)

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin
  • Portrait of Captain Thompson, Philadelphia
  • charcoal on paper
  • 21 1/2 by 15 3/8 in.

Provenance

Private Collection;
Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, Prints, Folk Art and Decorative Arts, October 5, 2000, sale 7398, lot 38;
Alan Miller, Quakertown, Pennsylvania. 

Literature

Ellen G. Miles, Saint Memin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America, Washington, D.C., 1994, no. 18, pp. 404-05, illustrated fig. 9:23, p. 188

Condition

Appears to retain original frame and glass. A 6 in. tear at lower right corner, stained along stretcher. A complex tear on coat facing shirt. Losses extreme left side. Tears upper right; with abrasions and rubbing.
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