Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Auction: November 15, 2023 at 11 AM ET
Oil on canvas, printed paper label for Fogg Art Museum Loan on verso.
19 ¼ in. x 30 in. (framed)
By descent in the Hazard Family
Skinner, Inc., Boston, October 29, 2000, lot 118A
A Maryland collection.
Elizabeth Breese Hazard was born in New York City to Ebenezer and Abigail Arthur Hazard of Philadelphia. She married Ebenezer Rockwood (1781-1815), a Harvard graduated and Boston attorney in 1807. The couple had four children. Upon the early death of her husband, Elizabeth moved to New Haven. In 1822, she married Reverend Thomas Edward Vermilye (1803-1893) of New York City. The couple had five children. Elizabeth died in New York City.
A note confirming attribution to Rembrandt Peale by Carol Soltis accompanies lot.