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    • Robert Feke (1707 - 1752)
      Jan. 23, 2015

      Robert Feke (1707 - 1752)

      Est: $25,000 - $35,000

      Robert Feke (1707 - 1752)

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    • ROBERT FEKE (AMERICAN 1707-1752). IMPORTANT PAIR OF EARLY AMERICAN PORTRAITS OF THE CHILDREN, JAMES AND HANNAH FLAGG OF BOSTON, CIRCA 1742-43.
      Aug. 04, 2013

      ROBERT FEKE (AMERICAN 1707-1752). IMPORTANT PAIR OF EARLY AMERICAN PORTRAITS OF THE CHILDREN, JAMES AND HANNAH FLAGG OF BOSTON, CIRCA 1742-43.

      Est: $40,000 - $60,000

      Depicted in half-length, she holding a small ball, the portraits with painted spandrels in the lower corners. Each oil on canvas, 18 x 14 1/4 inches. The reverse of James' portrait affixed with two notes inscribed in the same hand, one reading "James Flagg, a son of Gershom Flagg... ," the other "The property of Benjamin A. Gould and his heirs."James (1739-1775) and Hannah (1741-1819) Flagg were the children of Gershom Flagg IV and his wife, Hannah Pitson Flagg. Gershom, a Boston builder and architect, was a member of the Maine land development company, the Kennebec Proprietors. In 1754 he built Fort Western in Augusta and later designed and built the Pownalborough Courthouse. His landholdings included much of what is now downtown Augusta, Maine.Feke's portraits of Gershom Flagg IV (1705-1771) and Hannah Pitson Flagg (1711-1784) are in the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut. The artist's portraits of Gershom's brother, Ebenezer, and his wife, Mary Ward Flagg, are in the collection of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island.Provenance: Descended in the Flagg family to the sitters' youngest sister, Grizzel Apthorp Gould; to her son, Benjamin Apthorp Gould I and grandson, Benjamin Apthorp Gould II; to Mary Quincy Gould; to her daughter, Rosanna Thorndike Leirseur, 1948; private collection; Vose Galleries, Boston, 1982; and by descent to the present owner.

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