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Portrait of Mrs. Jacob Ten Broeck and Daughter

Creator: Charles Peale Polk (Attributed)
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Charles Peale Polk (1767-1822) American; Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania

Inscribed on verso: R.H.P. and a label: Mrs. Jacob Ten Broeck and Daughter of Albany.

Provenance: Childs Gallery, Private Collection, New York

Exhibited: Charles Peale Polk, A Limner and His Likenesses, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1981

This portrait exemplifies Polk’s distinguished style of painting. As Linda Crocker Simmons writes in Charles Peale Polk: A Limner and His Likenesses, “He had been an artist, one of the hard-working few that recorded the appearance and character of the men and women of an era that changed the world…He had achieved an artistic style of his own that was to be recognized finally with a permanent place in the art history of his country.”

More Information

Origin:	United States
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Oil on canvas, 39 ¼” x 32 ¼”.
Condition:	Excellent. Fine condition. In a period, if not, original frame. See full condition report.
Creation Date:	Painted ca. 1787-1790.
Styles / Movements:	Folk Art
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-AMP-OC 501
Incollect Reference #:	122273

Dimensions

W.	32.31 in;	H.	39.25 in;
W.	82.07 cm;	H.	99.7 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.

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