Circa 1820, oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, three-quarter length portrait of a young woman seated and wearing a white Empire style gown with an exotic red wrap, presented in an ornate period gilt composition frame.

SS 35.5 x 27.5 in.; DOA 47.5 x 39.25 in.

The 50 year collection of the late Drs. Arnold & Helene Gerall of New Orleans, LA & Chapel Hill, NC

Purportedly from an old home in New Orleans, LA.

Restored by Hiram Hoelzer in New York, NY.

$2,000 - 4,000