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PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM STODDARD, CIRCA 1739

Creator: Robert Feke
Offered by: Levy Galleries

Description
PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM STODDARD, CIRCA 1739
By Robert Feke ( B. Circa 1705 – D. After 1750)
30 Inches By 25 Inches

A very fine portrait of a gentlemen, Captain William Stoddard, set in a rectangular frame, the man facing forward in period wig and dress including a ruffled silk shirt, silk vest and waist coat, exhibiting a dueling scar on his left cheek. The painting remains in excellent condition with very minor inpainting around the edge of the frame and no restorations of any note.

Provenance: Mary Stoddard Golden Vose, Newport, Rhode Island (daughter of the sitter); William Stoddard Vose; William Stoddard Vose, Jr.; Lizette Golden Vose; Vose Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts; W. C. Fitch, New York; Myron C. Taylor, New York; M. Knoedler & Sons, New York; Dr. John McDonough; Hirschl & Adler, Inc., New York; Mr. and Mrs. George Arden, New York.

Reference: References: The painting is listed in Henry Wilder Foote, Robert Feke, Colonial Portrait Painter, in the supplemental note, preface page xi. It is pictured in E. John Bullard, A Panorama of American Painting: The John J. McDonough Collection, pages 28-29. The painting has an Institutional exhibition history in the following museums, The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego; Carolina Charter Tercentenary Exhibition, North Carolina Museum of art; New Orleans Musuem of Art; North Carolina Museum of Art; McNay Art Institute San Antonio, TX.

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	18th Century
Creation Date:	1739
Styles / Movements:	Folk Art
Incollect Reference #:	819941

Dimensions

W.	25 in;	H.	30 in;
W.	63.5 cm;	H.	76.2 cm;

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