Portrait of a Young Girl Holding a Basket of Flowers and a Hat

American School, probably New England

or New York state, ca. 1830-1850

Oil on canvas

40 3/4″ x 34 1/2″ framed

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Provenance: Private Collection; Hudson, New York

Although this artist is currently unidentified, an attribution may be likely with further research. The painting has so many wonderful attributes: the painted floor, the basket of flowers, the straw hat coupled with the fact that the sitter is a young girl in a red dress.