Lot 2285: Matthew Harris Jouett American, 1788-1827 Portrait of Dr. Benjamin Winslow Dudley, 1810

Matthew Harris Jouett
American, 1788-1827
Portrait of Dr. Benjamin Winslow Dudley, 1810
Oil on cradled panel
27 1/4 x 20 3/4 inches

Provenance:
Mrs. James Ross Todd, Louisville, Kentucky

Exhibited:
Louisville, Kentucky, The J.B. Speed Art Museum, A Centenary Exhibition of the Work of Matthew Harris Jouett, 1928
Louisville, Kentucky, The J.B. Speed Art Museum, on extended loan from 1983

Literature:
Mrs. William H. Martin, All Known Paintings by Matthew Harris Jouett , Louisville, 1939, no. 131
Estimate $2,000-4,000

Frame rubbing. FIne craquelure throughout. Scattered tiny spots of inpainting down the center of the painting - several spots in his face. Inpainting is also scattered along the edges. Difficult to detect older restoration through the dulling varnish under UV light.