Attributed to BENJAMIN GREENLEAF (1769-1821)
Portrait of a boy holding a book
Probably Massachusetts, circa 1818
Oil on canvas, 18 x 15 inches, with original painted and gilt frame

This portrait bears a strong relationship to the well-known portrait of Henry Bromfield McCobb painted by Greenleaf in May 1818 in Phippsburg, Massachusetts, see Sotheby's "Important Americana, The Bertram K. Little and Nina Fletcher Little Collection, Part 1," January 29, 1994, lot 277.

Provenance:
Collection Lloyd Goodrich (1898-1987), eminent scholar, author, and curator of American art.

Articulated Folk Art FigurineBird Tree