Folk Art Portrait
Toddler Boy
Holding his Tin Horn
Northeast, ca. 1840.
Oil on what appears to be linen. The seated handsome, blue-eyed boy in green/black patterned dress, ruffled collar, and black belt with elaborate buckle. Rendered by an unidentified yet skilled artist. Untouched condition, never lined, expected broad craquelure.
Gilded frame size about 26 ½ inches x 22 ½.
Provenance: Decades long Rochester NY collection.