Details
THOMAS SULLY (1783-1872)
Self Portrait: 66 Years Old
signed with initials in monogram, dated and inscribed 'TS June 1850/Age 66.' (on the reverse prior to lining)
oil on canvas
30 x 24 1/2 in. (76.2 x 62.2 cm.)
Painted in 1850.
Provenance
The artist.
Mr. Tyler, commissioned from the above.
Ehrich Galleries, New York.
W.T. Charles, Scotia, Montgomery County, Alabama.
Mr. Walter Jennings, New York, by 1921.
Mrs. Walter Jennings, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1933.
Parke-Bernet, New York, 25-26 October 1949, lot 347.
Halsted B. Vander Poel, Washington D.C.
Christie's, New York, 18 May 2004, lot 8, sold by the above.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.
Literature
E. Biddle, M. Fielding, The Life and Works of Thomas Sully Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1921, p. 290, no. 1736.
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Sully Memorial Exhibition, 1922, p. 115, no. 160.
Details
THOMAS SULLY (1783-1872)
Self Portrait: 66 Years Old
signed with initials in monogram, dated and inscribed 'TS June 1850/Age 66.' (on the reverse prior to lining)
oil on canvas
30 x 24 1/2 in. (76.2 x 62.2 cm.)
Painted in 1850.
Provenance
The artist.
Mr. Tyler, commissioned from the above.
Ehrich Galleries, New York.
W.T. Charles, Scotia, Montgomery County, Alabama.
Mr. Walter Jennings, New York, by 1921.
Mrs. Walter Jennings, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1933.
Parke-Bernet, New York, 25-26 October 1949, lot 347.
Halsted B. Vander Poel, Washington D.C.
Christie's, New York, 18 May 2004, lot 8, sold by the above.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.
Literature
E. Biddle, M. Fielding, The Life and Works of Thomas Sully Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1921, p. 290, no. 1736.
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Sully Memorial Exhibition, 1922, p. 115, no. 160.
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