MISS SHEPHERD, oil on canvas portrait of a handsome young woman dressed as a shepherdess in nature, complete with crook and wearing flowers in her hair, attributed to artist George Knapton (British, 1698-1778)
PROVENANCE:
Thos. Agnew & Sons, London (label verso);
a London fine art dealership, founded 1817-2013
M. Knoedler & Co., NY, 1916 (stock #13953);
a New York art dealership, founded 1846-2011
Mrs. Monroe D. Robinson, NY, acquired from the above, 1917.
Mr. Monroe Douglas Robinson was President Theodore Roosevelt's nephew, son of Teddy's sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
CONDITION:
lined canvas, faint frame abrasion at bottom left, yellowing to varnish layer under UV: heavily applied varnish layer fluoresces green unevenly brushy spots of retouching to background, finely applied dash of retouching to figure's left cheek.
MEASUREMENTS:
44.75" H x 36.5" W x 3" D frame
35" H x 27" W image
