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Dec 10, 2016 - Dec 11, 2016
American, ca 1812. Oil on canvas housed in a wooden frame with chamfered upper corners. A portrait of a merchant seaman with a ship in the background, unsigned; 11.75 x 9.25 in. (sight).
Provenance: Property from the Descendants of Bertha Benkard Rose, Oyster Bay, NY and Tucson, AZ
There is a large spot of paint loss towards the upper right corner (about 1.25 horizontally, and 0.5 in. vertically), and there are also several areas of unstable craquelure. The canvas was not relined, but there is a patch visible in the back. There is in-painting visible under UV light, notably on the subject's face. Some wear to the frame.
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