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Auction archive: Lot number 11

Portrait Miniature of American Revolutionary General Henry KnoxPortrait Miniature of American Revolutionary General Henry Knox

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$2,015
Auction archive: Lot number 11

Portrait Miniature of American Revolutionary General Henry KnoxPortrait Miniature of American Revolutionary General Henry Knox

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$2,015
Beschreibung:

Portrait Miniature of American Revolutionary General Henry Knox, Attributed to Sarah Goodridge (American, 1788-1853), after Gilbert Stuart c. 1820, unsigned, watercolor on ivory, oval, 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in., housed in a molded composition frame with gilt-brass liner. Condition: Small spot on neck. Literature: See American Portrait Miniatures: The Worcester Art Museum Collection, by Susan Strickler and Marianne Gibson, Worcester, Massachusetts, pp. 108-9. A similar portrait miniature attributed to Gilbert Stuart of General Knox is depicted. The text states that Gilbert "Stuart painted it in his studio in 1820 as a demonstration piece for the young miniature painter Sarah Goodridge ..Goodridge painted several miniatures of Stuart himself as well as copies in miniature of a few of his portraits."

Auction archive: Lot number 11
Auction:
Datum:
8 Nov 2009
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
Beschreibung:

Portrait Miniature of American Revolutionary General Henry Knox, Attributed to Sarah Goodridge (American, 1788-1853), after Gilbert Stuart c. 1820, unsigned, watercolor on ivory, oval, 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in., housed in a molded composition frame with gilt-brass liner. Condition: Small spot on neck. Literature: See American Portrait Miniatures: The Worcester Art Museum Collection, by Susan Strickler and Marianne Gibson, Worcester, Massachusetts, pp. 108-9. A similar portrait miniature attributed to Gilbert Stuart of General Knox is depicted. The text states that Gilbert "Stuart painted it in his studio in 1820 as a demonstration piece for the young miniature painter Sarah Goodridge ..Goodridge painted several miniatures of Stuart himself as well as copies in miniature of a few of his portraits."

Auction archive: Lot number 11
Auction:
Datum:
8 Nov 2009
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
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