Lot 720: Attributed to Jose Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (Me

Name: Attributed to Jose Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (Me
Brand: Neal Auction Company
SKU: satlu6xiam

Est: $50,000 USD - $75,000 USD

Neal Auction CompanyNew Orleans, LA, USOctober 02, 2004

Item Overview

Description

Attributed to Jose Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (Mexico, c. mid-1700's-1802, active New Orleans c. 1782-1802), "Captain Samuel Lewis (1764-1820), oil on canvas, unsigned, written in old print en verso on stretcher: "Portrait of Cap. Lewis painted by Salazar, N. Orleans, 1801", also a handwritten paper label en verso "Captain Samuel Lewis, born December 1764, died October 17, 1820, father of Charles S. Lewis", 30 in. x 25 in., in an antique giltwood frame.

Artist or Maker

Jose F X Salazar y Mendoza

Literature

Jessie Poesch, The Art of the Old South: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture & the Productsof Craftsmen, 1560-1860, Alfred Knopf, New York, 1983, p. 164.

Provenance

Descended through the Stovell and Lewis families of Philadelphia.

Auction Details

The Louisiana Purchase Auction: Day 2

Neal Auction Company

October 02, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

4038 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA, 70115, US

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