Lot Details
Lot 3025
After Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Marquis de Lafayette
Oil on canvas
49 x 34 7/16 inches
Provenance:
Mrs. Andronicus Cheesebrough, New York, acquired some time before her death in 1860
Thence by descent to the present owner
This painting is one of several replicas of Morse's Portrait of Lafayette, which was commissioned by the City of New York in 1824 and now hangs in City Hall. A similar example by an unknown American artist is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Sold for $1,560 (includes buyer's premium)
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