Pair of Portraits, Husband and Wife and Child
Artist Unidentified
American School, New England, possibly Vermont.
Ca. 1820-1835.
Oil on canvas
Gentleman:
30 3/4″ x 27 1/2″ framed
Woman with Child:
30 3/4″ x 27 1/2″ framed
Lined, with minor scattered in-painting, in contemporary painted frames. Painted in a wonderful stylized and flat manner. The pigment of the faces or the “chalky white look” is a distinct feature, reminiscent to a group of portraits thought to be by a Vermont artist.