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MARCH 2024 DECORATIVE & FINE ART SALE
Lot 155:
Oil on canvas portrait of George Washington with powdered hair, wearing a dark cherry red velvet coat attributed to Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 – 1828). Housed in a giltwood frame. Note: Gilbert Stuart began his career as a provincial portrait painter in the American colonies and eventually went to London for further training. Under the generous tutelage of expatriate Benjamin West, Stuart quickly mastered the painterly brushwork of the Grand Manner, which was the favored style of Sir Joshua Reynolds, the leading portraitist of the day. Stuart is perhaps known best for his idealized, solemn, and dignified portraits of George Washington, which have come to represent the personification of Washington as the "father of his country."
14 x 12 in., (35.56 x 30.48 cm.)
Condition: The canvas is strong. There is a patch on the verso.
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