$5,040
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Auction: April 27, 2021 11:00:00 AM EDT
Signed and dated, "Rembrandt Peale 1849," l.r., preparer's stencil and bearing old auction/exhibition labels verso; oil on canvas, framed.
26 in. x 21 in. (sight)Provenance
Private Collection, Washington.
Christie's, New York, March 1, 2012.
Acquired from Shannon's, Greenwich, Connecticut, October 24, 2002, Lot 150.
Private Collection, Florida.
Sotheby's Arcade, New York, May 27, 1998, Lot 7.
Family of the sitter, then private collection by descent.
Note
Amelia Priestman resided at the Colonnade Hotel on Chestnut Street for much of her life and was reputed to be the wealthiest single lady in Philadelphia of her time.