United States, New England
1820s
Oil on beveled oak panel
Height 24 in. (61 cm); Width 19½ in. (49.5 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Edinburgh, Scotland
This early American primitive portrait depicts a mother and child in a frontal composition characteristic of self-taught or itinerant portraiture in New England during the 1820s, a period when traveling painters served communities without access to academically trained artists. The figures are rendered with the direct, pattern-based handling of form typical of the American folk portrait tradition, with attention to costume detail, lace cap, and the child's clothing over anatomical naturalism. The oil on beveled oak panel support and the uncleaned, untouched surface preserve the work in a state close to its original condition.
Edinburgh provenance connects the piece to Scottish collecting of American folk material, a pattern consistent with the transatlantic movement of American primitive paintings through the European auction and dealer market in the twentieth century.
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United States, New England
1820s
Oil on beveled oak panel
Height 24 in. (61 cm); Width 19½ in. (49.5 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Edinburgh, Scotland
This early American primitive portrait depicts a mother and child in a frontal composition characteristic of self-taught or itinerant portraiture in New England during the 1820s, a period when traveling painters served communities without access to academically trained artists. The figures are rendered with the direct, pattern-based handling of form typical of the American folk portrait tradition, with attention to costume detail, lace cap, and the child's clothing over anatomical naturalism. The oil on beveled oak panel support and the uncleaned, untouched surface preserve the work in a state close to its original condition.
Edinburgh provenance connects the piece to Scottish collecting of American folk material, a pattern consistent with the transatlantic movement of American primitive paintings through the European auction and dealer market in the twentieth century.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
