Item/Auction Attributes
oil on canvas,
Circa 1880.
Very good visual condition. Three old punctures with repairs and associated retouching to bottom left corner and edge.
27 1/2" x 47 1/2" sight, 33 1/4" x 53 1/2" OA.
Provenance: From an Augusta Co., VA estate collection.
$400.00
$600.00
Catalogue Note: Associated with the second generation of Hudson River Valley School painters, Daniel F. Wentworth (1850 - 1934) was born in Norway, Maine but lived and worked in Connecticut for most of his adult life. He exhibited in his lifetime at the Brooklyn Art Club, the American Watercolor Society, the Boston Art Club, and the California Academy of Fine Arts. He also exhibited as a part of the Connecticut Commission at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, 1904 - 1906, presenting a painting titled "In the Wethersfield Meadows". Working well into the 20th century, Wentworth continued to focus on the core subjects of landscapes and animals. The present lot appears to be an early work by the artist and demonstrates his ability to capture the play of light in a vast wilderness panorama.
