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1840's Baltimore oil portrait Att Sarah Peale #1600058

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1840's Baltimore oil portrait Att Sarah Peale  #1600058
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This skillfully rendered 1840's half length portrait of a boy holding a book is attributed to Sarah Mirrian Peale 1800-1885 of the famous Peale family of painters. He is sitting with his body turned slightly to the side and gazes directed toward the viewer. The direct gaze of the sitter and his slightly upturned mouth, giving the hint of a smile, are typical of Peale's portraits. He is wearing a gray vest with white shirt and black coat. He is seated in a red upholstered chair with book in hand. This portrait is in it's original period Rococo Revival gesso gilt frame. Sarah Mirrian Peale 1800-1885 one of the earliest and most successful female artists in America. Peale demonstrated her skill at painting finely detailed fabrics the doted vest and pink and blue bow tie and red velvet chair are superbly rendered. Sarah Miriam Peale, a member of the famous Peale family of painters. Peale was renowned as one of the first women elected to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Frame is 34" x 38" 1/2. painting is 24 1/2 x 29" 1/2. From a Mount Vernon Baltimore Maryland estate. Condition: Conserved. relined on the original stretchers with scattered and minor inpainting. Repaired tear too left of head.





Perhaps America's foremost woman artist during the nineteenth century, Sarah Miriam Peale painted portraits and still life's that outnumbered those of major regional artists, including Jacob Eichholz, John Wesley Jarvis, Thomas Sully and Alfred Jacob Miller. Sarah Miriam Peale ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Good </td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1840's </td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:American Southern </td></tr>





<tr><td>Title:1840's Baltimore oil portrait Att Sarah Peale </td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Folk art </td></tr>

<tr><td>Type:Folk art </td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Historic Baltimore MD</td></tr>
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