AMERICAN SCHOOL (18TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
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AMERICAN SCHOOL (18TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, oil on canvas, according to family tradition, the subject is Joseph Kellogg (New York/Massachusetts, 1691-1756), no signature located. Housed in an early painted frame with gilt molded-composition ornament. Circa 1730. 32" x 24" sight, 41 1/2" x 33 1/2" OA.
(UPDATED 6/19/18) Portrait in good visual condition with moderate craquelure, lined with significant inpainting to background, sitter's visible hand and clothing. Old repair to canvas above sitter's head. Frame with minor wear and losses.
Provenance: Property from the estate of Spencer Kellogg Neale, Gordonsville, VA.
Descended in the Kellogg family of "Lockhaven", Buffalo, NY.
Catalogue Note: According to family tradition, the subject of the present portrait is Joseph Kellogg (1691-1756), an important settler, trader, merchant, and interpreter amongst Native American tribes of the Colonial period in New England and Canada. As a teenager, Kellogg was taken captive during the 1704 raid at Deerfield but escaped shortly thereafter. The present portrait purportedly refers to this captivity with the inclusion of the figures in the canoe in the background.
(UPDATED 6/19/18) Portrait in good visual condition with moderate craquelure, lined with significant inpainting to background, sitter's visible hand and clothing. Old repair to canvas above sitter's head. Frame with minor wear and losses.
Provenance: Property from the estate of Spencer Kellogg Neale, Gordonsville, VA.
Descended in the Kellogg family of "Lockhaven", Buffalo, NY.
Catalogue Note: According to family tradition, the subject of the present portrait is Joseph Kellogg (1691-1756), an important settler, trader, merchant, and interpreter amongst Native American tribes of the Colonial period in New England and Canada. As a teenager, Kellogg was taken captive during the 1704 raid at Deerfield but escaped shortly thereafter. The present portrait purportedly refers to this captivity with the inclusion of the figures in the canoe in the background.
Condition
(UPDATED 6/19/18) Portrait in good visual condition with moderate craquelure, lined with significant inpainting to background, sitter's visible hand and clothing. Old repair to canvas above sitter's head. Frame with minor wear and losses.
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AMERICAN SCHOOL (18TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
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