United States, New England
Circa 1830
Oil on canvas
Height 40 in. (101.6 cm); Width 34½ in. (87.6 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Savannah
This large anonymous American portrait depicts a family group of four figures, likely a mother with three children, arranged in a composition that balances the conventions of formal portraiture with the directness of provincial American painting. The figures are rendered with attention to costume detail, including lace collars and a pink dress, in the manner of itinerant or self-taught portraitists working in New England around 1830, a period of active production in American folk portraiture. The scale of the canvas and the multi-figure composition indicate a commission of some ambition within the regional portrait market.
The painting is in oil on canvas at a size suggesting it was intended for prominent domestic display, consistent with the aspirations of New England families commissioning group portraits in the early nineteenth century. Private collection provenance from Savannah connects the piece to Southern collecting of American folk painting.
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United States, New England
Circa 1830
Oil on canvas
Height 40 in. (101.6 cm); Width 34½ in. (87.6 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Savannah
This large anonymous American portrait depicts a family group of four figures, likely a mother with three children, arranged in a composition that balances the conventions of formal portraiture with the directness of provincial American painting. The figures are rendered with attention to costume detail, including lace collars and a pink dress, in the manner of itinerant or self-taught portraitists working in New England around 1830, a period of active production in American folk portraiture. The scale of the canvas and the multi-figure composition indicate a commission of some ambition within the regional portrait market.
The painting is in oil on canvas at a size suggesting it was intended for prominent domestic display, consistent with the aspirations of New England families commissioning group portraits in the early nineteenth century. Private collection provenance from Savannah connects the piece to Southern collecting of American folk painting.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
