LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on canvas

Size Notes:

sight

Markings:

Inscribed along top stretcher, "Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860)" and "Philadelphia"

Condition:

carved gilt frame, relined and new stretcher, retouch to under chin, lower cheek, small areas of forehead, right lapel, below hand, and scattered areas of jacket- primarily left shoulder and elbow and small areas of right front, also some scattered areas to background around head

Literature:

PROVENANCE: Sold on behalf of a private British collector. Ex-Collection: Alexander Kardo Sessoeff, purchased New York, February 1952. According to John Hill Morgan and Mantle Fielding, "In November, 1927, Messrs. Kennedy & Company, of New York City, had a Washington, evidently by Pine, which had been found in France. This was sold to an American collector..." (88). Estimate $200,000-250,000

Provenance:

Sold on behalf of a private British collector. Ex-Collection: Alexander Kardo Sessoeff, purchased New York, February 1952. According to John Hill Morgan and Mantle Fielding, "In November, 1927, Messrs. Kennedy & Company, of New York City, had a Washington, evidently by Pine, which had been found in France. This was sold to an American collector..." (88).