$4,148
Pair of Portrait Miniatures of a Young Man and Woman, probably the work of Sara Peters (Mrs. Leopold) Grozelier (1821-1907), Andover, Massachusetts, unsigned, the artist identified in inscriptions on the reverse: "Painted by Miss Peters (of Andover) in May 1844," watercolor on ivory, 3 x 2 3/8 in., in matching gilt-gesso frames. Condition: Very good. Note: Sarah Peters was one of the younger sisters of well-known portrait miniaturist Clarissa Peters (Mrs. Moses B. Russell), born in Andover, Massachusetts. She married artist Leopold Grozelier in 1855, the same year she exhibited three portrait miniatures at the Boston Athenaeum. Tiny paint loss at top of young woman's head, the young man has a tiny paint loss on upper left edge which is hidden under frame, good condition, some losses to gesso on frames,
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-08-15
