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Seymour Joseph Guy (English-American, 1824-1910) Oil On Canvas, Putto In Moonlight
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Location: BRG-Greenwich
Item #: 445423
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Item Description
Seymour Joseph Guy (English-American, 1824-1910) oil painting on canvas depicting an adorable, serene portrait of a child with dark hair and rosy cheeks dressed in a classical style garment with a red sash in the manner of a putto. The child is seated on brown clouds in an evening star lit sky above, with a quarter moon shedding its light on the distant cloudy sky. The child plays the lyre in the manner of the older Greek deity, Apollo, and looks up to the heavens lost in the musical moment. Signed and dated 1858 lower right.
Displayed in a magnificent gilt frame with a scalloped out trim, high relief berry and flower middle border, and fine relief inner trim.
Dimensions:
Sight: 23 1/4" H x 18 3/4" L
Frame: 32" H x 20" L x 4 1/2" D
About the Artist:
Seymour Joseph Guy was an English-born romance artist known for portraits and genre paintings. He studied under the artist Ambrosini Jerôme and married engraver Anna Maria Barber before moving to New York, where he became friends with artist John George Brown. He was a member of the Sketch Club, National Academy of Design, the Artists' Fund Society, the Artists Mutual Aid Society, and the Century Association. Guy was also a founder of the American Watercolor Society.
Additional hi-res photos are available at www.blackrockgalleries.com
Condition
The painting has been professionally restored and lined onto a masonite board, a few minor cracks to the frame.
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