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The Fine Sale - Day One

Sat, Apr 27, 2019 11:00AM EDT
Lot 150

Gerrit Schipper (c. 1755-c. 1830): John Knickerbacker and His Wife Elisabeth

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Unsold

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Pastel on vellum, 1805, inscribed 'John Knickerbacker and his wife Elisabeth/Likeness taken the 20 day of April 1805/in their 54th year of their age/by Gerrit Shipper' upper left.

19 x 23 1/4 in. (sheet), 27 1/2 x 31 3/4 in. (frame).

Note: The sitters in this portrait are Johannes Knickerbacker (1751-1827) and his wife Elizabeth Winne (1752-1826). William Kelly Simpson's mother, Helen-Louise Knickerbacker Porter Simpson was a descendant of Johannes and Elizabeth Knickerbacker on her mother's side of the family. 

Property from the Estate of William Kelly Simpson