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John Brewster Jr. (1766 - 1854)
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- John Brewster Jr.
- Pair of Portraits: Matthew and Lucinda Robbin
- Oil on bed ticking
- Matthew 30 1/4 by 25 in.; Lucinda 30 by 25 in.
Provenance
The Garbisch Collection at the Sky Club, New York;
Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver and Prints: Including the Garbisch Collection at the Sky Club, January 20, 2006, sale 1617, lot 310;
Roberto Freitas American Antiques & Decorative Arts, Stonington, Connecticut.
Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver and Prints: Including the Garbisch Collection at the Sky Club, January 20, 2006, sale 1617, lot 310;
Roberto Freitas American Antiques & Decorative Arts, Stonington, Connecticut.
Literature
Roberto Freitas Advertisement, Antiques and Fine Art Magazine, Autumn/Winter 2007, p. 79.
Condition
In portrait of Mrs. Robbins there is inpainting on her right check, right side of nose, around the left side of her lips and in her right eyebrow, and under her collar. there is scattered inpainting in the background. Bed ticking covered with wax canvas, on new stretchers in a green painted frame.
Portrait of Mr. Robbins is wax relined, restretched, with in painting in the face, collar, and scattered in the jacket and hand.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Encouraged by his parents, Brewster studied under an established portrait painter, the Reverend Joseph Steward. He painted portraits for friends and family beginning in the 1790s and travelled and earned a living as an itinerant painter in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and parts of New York. In 1817 Brewster enrolled in the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons in Hartford (Brewster was born deaf). There he learned methods of non-verbal communication. He returned to Maine in 1820 and resumed his career in painting portraits.
Beginning in 1805, he often signed and dated his portraits and gave up painting large compositions and concentrated on busts and half length portraits such as the example of Matthew and Lucinda Robbin.
Beginning in 1805, he often signed and dated his portraits and gave up painting large compositions and concentrated on busts and half length portraits such as the example of Matthew and Lucinda Robbin.