06-09-200206-09-2002
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2145Boston
June 9, 2002 10:00 AMCalender
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Zedekiah Belknap (New England, 1781-1858) Child in White with Doll.

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$30,550$26,000
Auction: Sale #2145 - 2145Location: BostonDate / Time: June 09, 2002 10:00AM

Description:

Zedekiah Belknap (New England, 1781-1858)

Child in White with Doll. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 26 x 23 1/2 in., in a period gold leaf frame. Condition: Lined, retouched, craquelure.

Provenance: Gerald Kornblau, New York; Gregory Reynolds, Vermont; Skinner Americana sale 1274, lot 523, to a private Boston Collection.
Exhibition History:
The New York Historical Society, "A Child's World" 1980, and "Small Folk: A Celebration of Childhood in America," December-February 1981

N.B. Zedekiah Belknap was born in what is now Auburn, Massachusetts. Subsequent to his graduation from Dartmouth College in 1807 he became a portrait painter working throughout Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. His style changed considerably in the forty-one years he was known to have painted. He ended his painting career in Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1848.
Estimate $30,000-50,000

Keywords

N.B. Zedekiah Belknap, Vermont, New England, Boston Collection, Gerald Kornblau, Gregory Reynolds, New York Historical Society, Massachusetts, Auburn, portrait painter , Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, Wethersfield, Connecticut