Girard (1740)

Lot 392: George Esten Cooke (American/Maryland, 1793-1849),

Name: George Esten Cooke (American/Maryland, 1793-1849),
Brand: Neal Auction Company
SKU: 6080cb72c5

Est: $3,000 USD - $5,000 USDSold:

Neal Auction CompanyNew Orleans, LA, USApril 16, 2011

Item Overview

Description

George Esten Cooke (American/Maryland, 1793-1849), "Portrait of Stephen Girard (1750-1831)", c. 1815, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 22 1/4 in. x 17 1/2 in., period frame; together with correspondence about the painting from Cook scholar Marilou Alston Rudulph dated 1956. ?

Artist or Maker

Girard (1740)

Literature

Reference: Rudulph. "George Cooke and his Paintings", Georgia Historical Quarterly (June 1960), pp. 117-153 and O'Donnell. "The Artist in the Garden: George Cooke and the Ideology of Fine Arts Painting in Antebellum Georgia", Crossroads, A Southern Cultural Annual. (2004), pp. 73-97.

Provenance

Provenance: Acquired from a Tulsa, Oklahoma Estate.

Auction Details

Spring Estates Auction

Neal Auction Company

April 16, 2011, 10:00 AM CST

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

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