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Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 9, 2014 10:00 AMCalender
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American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Gentleman.

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$923$750
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2744MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 10, 2014 10:00AM

Description:

American School, 19th Century

Portrait of a Gentleman. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, the man shown seated and facing forward, holding a quill as he works on a letter, and seated in an upholstered sofa within a classical interior with pink drapery and a Doric column, 31 1/2 x 25 in., in the likely original giltwood and gesso frame. Condition : Relined, scattered inpainting including a line through the man's forehead.
Estimate $1,500-2,500


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