Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin

Lot 156A: Attributed to Charles Balthazar Julien Ferret de Saint-Memin (French/American, 1770-1852) Portrait of Thomas Rodman of B...

Est: $2,000 USD - $3,000 USDSold:

SkinnerBoston, MA, USJune 08, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Attributed to Charles Balthazar Julien Ferret de Saint-Memin (French/American, 1770-1852)
Portrait of Thomas Rodman of Burlington, New Jersey.

Unsigned. Black and white crayon on paper, bust-length profile portrait c. 1799, 19 x 14 1/2 in. (sight), in a replaced eglomise mat with oval aperture, and period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Minor toning, repaired tears, l.r and l.l., not examined out of frame.

Provenance: A photocopied old auction description with image of this work is affixed to the backing. It states the provenance as: Henry N. Paul, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Samuel Paul, son; by descent in family. Also "Literature: E. Dexter, The St. Memin Collection of Portraits (1862), p. ? pl. 481." Additionally a fragment of an early label is affixed to the backing.

Artist or Maker

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin

Condition Report

previous conservation work done, currently the work is sealed on all four sides between the backing and glass, the eglomise mat is not original, however, the original broken mat is included with the lot.

Auction Details

American Furniture & Decorative Arts

Skinner

June 08, 2008, 11:00 AM EST

The Heritage on the Garden 63 Park Plaza, Boston, MA, 02116, US

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