George Peter Alexander Healy Paintings & Artwork for Sale | George Peter Alexander Healy Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 11, 2024
GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY (BOSTON, 1813 - CHICAGO, 1894) - RITRATTO DI GIOVANE
Est: €600 - €800
Olio su tela, cm.62x51. Firma e data in alto a destra.
Pananti Casa D'Aste SRL
Nov. 29, 2023
GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY (BOSTON 1813-1894 CHICAGO), AFTER SIR JOSHUA
Est: £500 - £800
GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY (BOSTON 1813-1894 CHICAGO), AFTER SIR JOSHUA Portrait of Mary Amelia ‘Emily Mary’, Marchioness of Salisbury, née... oil on canvas, unlined 18 x 14 in. (46.3 x 35.5cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 26, 2023
G.P.A. Healy, Portrait of Mrs. Clarence Andrews
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894), portrait of Mrs. Clarence Andrews, dated 1886, oil on canvas, 60" x 37". Given to Olsen Walcott Andrews 1934 Ex-collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Fine Art. Provenance: Winchester, Massachusetts collection.
Kaminski Auctions
Nov. 26, 2023
George P. A. Healy, Portrait of Gentleman
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894), unidentified portrait of a gentleman, oil on canvas, signed center right G.P.A. Healy and dated 1849, 30" x 25", framed 40" x 35". Provenance: Winchester, Massachusetts collection.
Kaminski Auctions
Sep. 30, 2023
T. MARE (*1840) after HEALY (*1813), Portrait of Henry Morton Stanley, around 1879, Etching
Est: €300 - €400
Tiburce de Mare (1840 - 1900 ) after George Peter Alexander Healy (1813 Boston - 1894 Chicago): Portrait of the African explorer Henry Morton Stanley, bust to the right with moustache and alert gaze, c. 1879, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: Lower right signed: "à mon cousin Stechink [?] T de Mare". Date: c. 1879 Description: Very nice proof in front of the lettering above and below the image. Person: Henry Morton Stanley (1841 Denbigh - 1904 London) Keywords: African explorer; Colonialism; Congo; David Livingstone; Bula Matari; Explorer; Expedition; Exoticism; Portrait of a gentleman, 19th century, Romanticism, Portraits, United Kingdom,
Fichter Kunsthandel
Sep. 29, 2023
George Peter Alexander Healy (AM 1813-1894) Portrait of Mary Lathrop Perkins
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
George Peter Alexander Healy (American 1813-1894) Portrait of Mary Lathrop Perkins and her daughter. Oil on canvas 39 x 33" Decending in a Boston Family - (Mrs. Perkins was the niece of John Hancock)
Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Sep. 12, 2023
CIRCLE OF GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY (AMERICAN 1813-1894)
Est: £300 - £500
CIRCLE OF GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY (AMERICAN 1813-1894) CIRCLE OF GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY (AMERICAN 1813-1894) Portrait of a young lady oil on canvas 85 x 63 cm (33 1/2 x 24 3/4 in)
Chiswick Auctions
Jun. 28, 2023
George Peter Alexander Healy American, 1813-1894 Portrait of a Gentleman, 1855
Est: $800 - $1,200
George Peter Alexander Healy American, 1813-1894 Portrait of a Gentleman, 1855 Signed G. P. A. Healy and dated 1855 (lr) Oil on canvas 30 x 25 1/4 inches (76.2 x 64.1 cm) C Property from the Collection of Helen Sonnenberg Tucker
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Mar. 16, 2023
George Healy, oil on canvas
Est: $140 - $240
George Healy (American 1813-1894), oil on canvas portrait of a gentleman, signed lower left and dated 1880, 36" x 29". NO in-house shipping for this lot.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Sep. 22, 2022
George Peter Alexander Healy (1813 - 1894), A Pair of Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Whitely, Second Quarter 19th Century
Est: $800 - $1,200
George Peter Alexander Healy (1813 - 1894) A Pair of Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Whitely oil on canvas Second Quarter 19th Century The verso of Mr. Whitely inscribed "The likeness of Eli Whitely taken in September 1836 and in the Fifty Second year of his Age. / Painted in New York, 1836/ G. P. A. Healy" The verso of Mrs. Whitely inscribed "The likeness of Mrs. Elizabeth Whitely was taken in the Spring of 1842 in her Sixtieth year of Age. / Painted in New York, 1842/ G. P. A. Healy" 30 in. by 24 3/4 in.; and 30 1/4 in. by 25 in. Bid on Sotheby's
Sotheby's
Jul. 09, 2022
George Healy O/C Portrait of a Man, plus Catalog
Est: $700 - $900
George Peter Alexander Healy (Illinois/Massachusetts/France, 1813-1894) oil on canvas bust length painting of a man in his late middle age, seated, wearing a mid 19th-century style suit with a brown silk cravat, against a brown background. Signed and dated "G.P.A. Healy 1859" lower left. Housed in a giltwood frame with a bead and reel running pattern. Also includes a copy of the catalog for the exhibition "Healy's Sitters" held at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, January 24-March 5, 1950. Sight: 35 1/4" H x 28 1/4" W. Framed: 40" H x 32 3/4" W.
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Apr. 27, 2022
ATTR. GEORGE P. A. HEALY - PORTRAIT OF C MCCORMACK
Est: $300 - $400
Attributed to George P. A. Healy (American, 1813 - 1894). Portrait of Caroline McCormack, sister of Cyrus McCormack, owner of International Harvester. 19th century. Possibly in a Stanford White gilt frame.
Litchfield Auctions
Oct. 17, 2021
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813â1894) Oil on Canvas
Est: $500 - $700
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813â1894) Oil on Canvas 1867, signed center right, portrait of Rev. Doctor Whitehead, in a period gilt frame having a title plate Category: Fine Art > American Paintings Estimated Sale Time: 11:17 am CST Shipping Status: Due to size, weight, value or shipping complexity, this item must be shipped via a 3rd Party and the shipping cost may be high. We recommend contacting multiple shipping vendors for an estimate as the cost may vary greatly. Sales Tax: Kansas (6.5%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (6%), Washington (10.5%) Download High Resolution Photographs: Photograph #1 Photograph #2 Photograph #3 Photograph #4 Photograph #5 Photograph #6 Photograph #7
Leonard Auction
Sep. 25, 2021
GEORGE HEALY 1813-1894 PORTRAIT PAINTING SIGNED
Est: $750 - $1,250
George Peter Alexander Healy (1813 - 1894) was active/lived in Illinois, Massachusetts / Europe, France. George Healy is known for Portraits of dignitaries, history, and genre painting. Frame measures 32" tall by 28" wide. Please carefully read our terms of sale, shipping information, and request any condition reports or photos prior to placing a bid. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. RBFineArts CFL INC. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Please email for a condition report and photos, if desired. Emails should be received at least 48 hours in advance of the date of the auction.
RB Fine Arts
Sep. 22, 2020
Attributed to George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894)
Est: $500 - $700
Judge Jacob Burnet, U.S. Senator oil on canvas unsigned sight: 28 1/4 x 24 inches. Born in Newark, NJ, in 1770, Jacob Burnet (1770-1853) was the son of noted physician William Burnet, who was better known as George Washington's Surgeon General. He moved to the Ohio Valley and settled in Cincinnati in 1795. His career started in the state legislature with two successive terms in 1814 and 1815. In 1821, he was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court to replace a recently deceased judge. He was eventually elected to serve a full seven-year term. In 1828, he was elected to the United States Senate to replace William Henry Harrison, who had recently become the ambassador to Colombia. His term expired in 1831. Burnet was an important figure in the political and cultural landscape of Cincinnati and served as president of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio in the late 1830s-early 1840s. He was also a shareholder in many regional companies and developed an important portfolio of investments throughout his life. Throughout his life and political career, Burnet was known as a staunch Federalist, and supported the presidential campaign of Henry Clay in 1824. He was also an advocate of the movement to send freed Blacks to Africa and was an officer of the Cincinnati Colonization Society. He, for instance, opposed the publication of the abolitionist newspaper The Philanthropist. Judge Jacob Burnet died in 1853. This portrait is said to have descended in the family from the sitter himself to his great-grandson Jacob Wendell Burnet. The painting was donated to the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution by Mrs. Katherine Birkbile Burnet, wife of Mr. Jacob Wendell Burnet, in memory of her late husband, in 1994. Marie DeMare's catalogue G.P.A Healy: American Artist references an 1862 exhibit in Chicago featuring ten portraits by the artist, including one of Judge Burnet. It is speculated that this portrait was indeed displayed in the exhibit. The work is characteristic of Healy's portraiture style, and a sharp rendition of the sitter's personality and appearance, "swarthy, slender, a bit above average height, and most notable for piercing black eyes with which he was expert at intimidating wayward witnesses." (The Princetonians, 1791-1794, A Biographical Dictionary, J. Jefferson Looney and Ruth L. Woodward).
Cowan's Auctions
Sep. 17, 2020
George Peter Alexander Healy (Boston 1808-Chicago 1894) - Portrait of Mrs. Word
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
oil on canvas dated Rome 1870
Finarte
Sep. 13, 2020
Signed George P. A. Healy O/c portrait, dated 1870
Est: $600 - $800
Signed George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894) portrait, 1870, executed in oil on canvas, depicting a bearded gentleman in period dress, signed 'GPA Healy' and dated upper left, 29.5"h x 21.5"w, overall dimensions with frame 36.5"h x 28.5"w x 2"d.
Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.
Aug. 26, 2020
George Healy American 1813-1894 Portrait Painting
Est: $1,000 - $5,000
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894) Antique 19th Century original oil on canvas. Portrait of the artist's daughter and granddaughter. Florence Lewison New York Gallery label on verso. Titled "First Steps". Signed and dated 1885 lower left. Exhibited at the Healy exhibit Florence Lewison Gallery in 1966. Number 10 in the Lewison catalog. Artwork 44 in. x 45 in. Frame 51 1/2 in. x 53 in. Good condition with professional restoration including canvas reline and mild wear to the frame. Hill Auction Gallery will not ship. Gallery will refer a local shipper for international buyers. Please contact sfloridadelivery@gmail.com for local home delivery quote. Purchaser pick up available upon request.
Hill Auction Gallery
Dec. 07, 2019
George P. A. Healy (American, 1813-1894), Portrait of Jacob Dolson Cox
Est: $500 - $1,000
George P. A. Healy (American, 1813-1894), Portrait of Jacob Dolson Cox oil on canvas, signed and dated 1881 at upper right, inscribed "E. S. Balding / 1936" on the verso, presented in a gilt frame with later gilt gallery plaque. SS 26.5 x 21.5 in.; DOA 32 3/8 x 27 3/8 in. From the Collection of Colonel and Mrs. Gordon Roberts, Fayetteville, North Carolina Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com
Leland Little Auctions
Feb. 09, 2019
Attributed to George Healy (American, 1813-1894
Est: $600 - $800
DESCRIPTION: Attributed to George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894). Oil on canvas. Portrait of a gentleman. Canvas mounted to board. PROVENANCE: Previously the property of Mrs. Dorothy Marsten of Franklin Court, Garden City, L. I. N.Y.. Examined by George Chapellier of Chappellier Gallery New York in 1963. MEASUREMENTS: 25" x 30". CONDITION: Good. Light craquelure, scratching, and scuffing to paint. Old restoration.
Cordier Auctions & Appraisals
Nov. 14, 2018
American School, 19th/20th century after George P.A. Healy (1813-1894), Portrait of Roger Brook Taney (1777-1864)
Est: $800 - $1,200
American School, 19th/20th century after George P.A. Healy (1813-1894) Portrait of Roger Brook Taney (1777-1864) Painted by Mary Strong, a note on back of canvas reads, " Painted by Miss Strong, Daughter of Mr. Justice Strong After original in Supreme Court Rooms, Librarian April 26, 1914," oil on canvas, framed. 40 3/4 in. x 33 in. (sight) PROVENANCE: The Historic Portrait and Sculpture Collection of the Philadelphia Bar Association Presented by the artist Miss M. Strong, a daughter of Mr. Justice William Strong, between December of 1878 and March of 1879.
Freeman's | Hindman
Sep. 21, 2018
GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY (AMERICAN, 1813-1894) PORTRAIT OF SENATOR CHARLES S
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894) Portrait of Senator Charles Sumner Oil on canvas 36 x 29 inches (91.4 x 73.7 cm) PROVENANCE: D. Hoy Collection; Private collection, Oklahoma. EXHIBITED: Los Angeles Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, n.d. HID04901242017
Heritage Auctions
Jul. 14, 2018
George Healy, O/B, Portrait of a Gentleman
Est: $1,000 - $1,200
George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1894) oil on board painting of a young gentleman seated and attired in a patterned silk vest with black coat and neck tie. Signed and dated along the lower edge "Geo. PA Healy/Jan'y 1840/London". R. Davy, London, Artist Supply paper label, en verso. Housed in a gilt carved frame with acanthus leaf and laurel leaf decoration. Sight - 14 3/8" H x 11 3/8" W. Framed - 23 1/4" H x 19 1/4" W. Provenance: Private Texas Collection; purchased in the 1980s at an estate sale auction in upstate New York. Biography: George Healy was born to impoverished parents in Boston, but became one of the best-known portrait painters of the mid to late 19th century. At age 17, Healy opened a portrait studio. His talent was soon recognized by Thomas Sully. In 1834, Healy, supported by Sully and one of his patrons, Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis, left for the first of many trips to Paris where he studied with Antoine Jean-Gros and with Thomas Couture. After 8 years in France and England, he had gained an international reputation. He spent the remainder of his life traveling between the United States and Europe. His subjects included Louis Philippe, Abraham Lincoln, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Pope Pius IX, Franz Liszt, and other notable figures. (Source: Michael Zellman, 300 Years of American Art). (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com.)
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Apr. 07, 2018
Daniel Webster Portrait by Healy
Est: $600 - $800
Healy, George Peter Alexander (American, 1813-1894) Daniel Webster, oil on canvas, laid on board, measuring 28 by 23.5 inches, in a period gilt frame 35 by 30 inches.
Concept Art Gallery
Oct. 28, 2017
AFTER GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY (1813-1894)
Est: $150 - $300
"Portrait of a Gentleman" oil on canvas 48 x 35 inches. signed after G.P.A. Healy. framed 51 x 38 1/2 inches. Condition: Scattered loss, varnish inconsistencies Condition: Scattered loss, varnish inconsistencies
John McInnis Auctioneers
Jul. 22, 2017
George Healy Portrait of Charles Macalester Jr.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
George Healy (American, 1813-1894) oil on canvas portrait of Charles Macalester Jr.; Theo Kelley, Artist Colorman, South St., Philadelphia stamped verso. An old paper label to the frame from framer reads: "James S. Earle, Chestnut St. Philadelphia". Frame measures approximately 30" high and 25" wide. It is our recommendation that all pieces be examined in person by perspective clients or a dealer they have asked to give them a condition report. This is consistent with our terms of sale that all goods are sold as is and all sales are final. George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894) as one of the most prolific and popular painters of his day. Among his portraits of eminent persons are those of Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, John Calhoun, and Pope Pius IX.
Bremo Auctions
May. 13, 2017
George Peter Alexander Healy, painting
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894), "Mrs. Freida Schiff Warburg", oil on canvas, signed and dated "G.P.A. Healy -1878", upper right, 47.5"h x 29"w (sight), 58.5"h x 39"w (framed)
Millea Bros Ltd
Dec. 02, 2016
George Healy (1813-1894), Portrait of a Young Man
Est: $1,000 - $3,000
oil on canvas, signed and dated at center left "G. P. A. Healy / 1859," presented in the original gilt composition frame. SS 35.25 x 28.25 in.; DOA 49.5 x 42 in. Born in Boston to an Irish family, George Peter Alexander Healy was among the most sought after portrait artists in the western world by the end of his life. Primarily self-taught, his early success as a portrait painter in Boston allowed him to travel to Paris where he studied beside Baron Gros and Thomas Couture. Healy was commissioned by Louis Philippe, France's constitutional monarch, in 1842 to paint portraits of all the U.S. presidents for the Versailles collection. The overthrow of Louis Philippe in 1848 meant that the series found a final home at the Corcoran Gallery of American Art in Washington, D.C. Exhibited: The Louisiana State Museum, G.P.A. Healy: Famous Figures and Louisiana Patrons, December 1976 - May 1977, number 14 (illustrated p. 36) Illustrated: The Magazine Antiques. Glasgow, Vaughn. G.P.A. Healy and his Louisiana Portraits. Ed. Wendell Garrett. June 1977, Vol. CXI, No. 6. Page 1206.
Leland Little Auctions
Sep. 16, 2016
GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY (1813-1894) LARGE OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS. PORTRAIT OF STELLA DYER, VIOLINIST. 43 3/4 X 77 1/2 INCHES. HAS SOME REPAIR OF TEARS IN THE RIGHT MARGIN. AND SOME LOSSES.
Est: $750 - $1,500
GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY (1813-1894) LARGE OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS. PORTRAIT OF STELLA DYER, VIOLINIST. 43 3/4 X 77 1/2 INCHES. HAS SOME REPAIR OF TEARS IN THE RIGHT MARGIN. AND SOME LOSSES.
Dennis Auction Service
Jul. 16, 2016
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894, act. New Orleans, 1843-1868), "Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900)", 1877, oil on canvas, signed and dated upper left, "From Geo. Ryneal, Jr., Washington D.C." canvas stamp en verso, 24 in. x 20 in., framed. Note: The second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Alfred was created Duke of Edinburgh in 1866. In 1874 he married Grand-Duchess Marie Alexandra, daughter of Czar Alexander II, at Saint Petersburg, and the prince and princesss children were born in the years bracketing this sensitive portrait (painted probably either in Paris, while the artist was in residence there in the 1870s, or in Washingtonas suggested by the stamp of a D.C. art supplier on the back of the canvaswhere the Prince may have been visiting the British Embassy). Prince Alfred became Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1893, and died at Coburg (distraught by the romantically induced suicide of his son and namesake in 1899), in 1900.
Neal Auction Company
May. 21, 2016
George P. A. Healy (1813-1894)
Est: $700 - $900
George P. A. Healy (1813-1894), portrait of Peter Parker, oil on canvas. Work 29" x 23 1/2". His father John Parker was a Captain of the minutemen at the battle of Lexington Mass. in 1775. Info verso.
Copake Auction Inc.
Feb. 20, 2016
Stiff Leaf and Berry Motif Gilt Frame
Est: $400 - $600
Antique Stiff Leaf and Berry Motif Gilt Frame, late 19th c., interior opening 36 in. x 28 in., exterior 42 1/2 in. x 34 1/2 in. x 4 3/4 in.; with reproduction oil on canvas after George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1894), "Portrait of Euphemia White Van Rensselaer", 1842, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. Provenance: Estate of Mina Anne Graning Stowers, the Banker's House, Natchez, MS
Neal Auction Company
Dec. 01, 2015
George Peter Alexander Healy, American 1813-1894-
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
George Peter Alexander Healy, American 1813-1894- Portrait of a lady, seated half-length turned to the right in red dress; oil on canvas, signed, inscribed 'Rome' and dated 1871, 75x62cm Provenance: Richard Bourne
Roseberys
Nov. 14, 2015
GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY (IL/MA, 1813-1894) - The Rt
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY (IL/MA, 1813-1894) - The Rt. Rev. Jeremiah Porter, oil on canvas, signed center right and dated 1892 (although taken from a photo of him at the time of the Civil War). Consigned by a descendent. Housed in the original reticulated gilt gesso frame. OS: 35 1/2" x 30 1/2", SS: 23 3/4" x 19 3/4", good condition. The Rev. Porter (1804-1893) and his wife Eliza Emily Chappell Porter (1807-1888), led remarkable lives, having many adventures together while serving the Presbyterian Church. An 1831 graduate of the Princeton Sminary, he first served on the western frontier on Mackinac Island, off Detroit, ministering to the Indians during the Blackhawk War, this is also where he met his wife. They organized the First Presbyterian Church in Chicago in 1834, followed shortly by the first public school in the town (in their log cabin). Their subsequent home in Green Bay, Wisconsin was the last stop on the Underground Railroad before crossing into Canada. When the war broke out, they worked together with the Sanitary Committee, in hospitals that followed major battles from Vicksburg to Atlanta. After the war, Porter became Chaplain to US Grant and his Regiment, at Forts Brown Sill & Russell. They also founded a series of public schools along the Texas/Mexico border, while based in Brownsville. Both ended their days in Chicago.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 29, 2015
George Healy (1813-1894) oil canvas of Pope signed lower left G. Healy 1872, 29" x 17".
Est: $300 - $500
George Healy (1813-1894) oil canvas of Pope signed lower left G. Healy 1872, 29" x 17".
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Jul. 31, 2015
KATE SHELDON HARRISON BY GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY (AMERICAN, 1813-1894).
Est: $300 - $500
KATE SHELDON HARRISON BY GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY (AMERICAN, 1813-1894). Oil on canvas, signed lower left. A young girl with rosy cheeks seen against a dark ground. 19.5"h. 16.5"w., in a gilt-molded frame, 21.5"h. 18.5"w.
Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers
Mar. 08, 2015
George Healy. Portrait of a Lady, oil on canvas
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894). Signed and dated "G.P.A. Healy, 1864" cr, 24 x 20 in., framed
Alex Cooper
Oct. 18, 2014
George P.A. Healy (1813-1894) Portrait of Mrs. Daniel Pinckney Parker
Est: $500 - $800
Oil/canvas.
Cottone Auctions
Jun. 28, 2014
Attributed to George Peter Alexander Healy (Am.)
Est: $1,800 - $2,500
Attributed to George Peter Alexander Healy (American/New Orleans, 1813-1894), "Portrait of a Seated Gentleman Holding a Book", c. 1855-60, oil on canvas, unsigned, 36 in. x 29 in., framed
Neal Auction Company
Jul. 13, 2013
Attributed to George Peter Alexander Healy (American
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Attributed to George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894), "Portrait of a Lady", c. 1855-60, oil on canvas, unsigned, 36 in. x 29 in., very elaborate original carved giltwood frame, verso of top rail with an extensive original framers' label: "Jones, Wood [...] / Gilders and Colormen[?] / [Looking Gla]ss, Portrait, & Picture [Framers] / [...] Manufacturers. / [Paint]ings & Li[thographs] / [...] Wood & Gilt Mo[ldings] / Wholesale and Retail / No. 89 Montgomery Street, near California / San Francisco." Note: This spectacular portrait would evidently have been painted either in Chicago-where Healy lived from 1855 to 1867-or in New Orleans (where the artist definitely worked in 1860-1861, and perhaps also during two or three winters in the late 1850s), then taken to San Francisco to be framed. The contemporary framers were a firm established in the Parrot Granite Block on the NW corner of Montgomery and California Streets, which stood from 1852 to 1926; its three substantial stories were not materially harmed in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, but the structure was eventually demolished to make way for the Financial Center Building. The sitter was doubtless a prominent member of San Francisco society during the Civil War years. Every hallmark of Healy's well-known style is present in this painting, lot 213. Almost uniquely among American artists of the period, he favored the extended format of a three-quarter-length sitting figure. He was also partial to carefully-delineated chairs, of which a typical model is included here, the example with tufted upholstery behind the Lady. The Lady's coiffure is one of Healy's trademarks, and her superb black lace shawl, thrown negligently over the rich silks of her dress, has an absolutely precise parallel in the portrait (c. 1853) of Governor Sharkey's Wife, in a private collection in Mississippi (which also happens to be exactly the same size). Very similar white lace trim adorns Healy's monumental 1860 portrait of the Confederate socialite Myra Knox Semmes, in a private Louisiana collection. Memorably combining diplomatic manners and great personal charm with obvious skill and exceptional speed, G. P. A. Healy of Boston became a truly international celebrity, whose natural talents and affable character appealed equally to royalty, gentry, and patriots. He was encouraged by Thomas Sully and patronized by Mrs. Harrison Grey Otis to make the first of his (eventually thirty) transatlantic crossings, to study in Paris with Baron Gros (and later with Thomas Couture). He became one of the favorite painters of King Louis-Philippe of France, and the King and Queen of Romania; after long residences in Paris, London, and New York he settled in Chicago, where he made a specialty of painting generals, statesmen, and presidents (his 1864 Seated Lincoln, at the Newberry Library there, is one of his most celebrated works). His fame only intensified over the remaining thirty years of his life, and it has aptly been remarked that his cosmopolitanism prefigured and rivaled that of John Singer Sargent in the next generation. References: Sally Mills, "Healy, G.P.A." Grove Dictionary of Art, Jane Turner, ed., 34 vols., London, 1996, vol. 14, pp. 277-278; Franklin Kelly, et al., American Paintings of the 19th Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996, pp. 298-300; Colonial Dames, Louisiana Portraits, New Orleans, 1975, pp. 146 (Jurey), 175 (Matthews), 228 (Semmes); Colonial Dames, Mississippi Portraiture, Laurel, MS, 1987, pp. 46 (Blewett), 186 (Metcalfe), 236 (Sharkey).
Neal Auction Company
Dec. 02, 2012
GEORGE P. A. HEALY, (American, 1813-1894), PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, oil on canvas;, 53 x 44 inches
Est: $800 - $1,200
GEORGE P. A. HEALY (American, 1813-1894) PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN oil on canvas; signed and dated G.P.A. Healy 1864, l.l.; 53 x 44 inches
Grogan & Company
Mar. 04, 2012
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894) A Pair of Husband and Wife Portraits: Ozias F. Goodwin (1794-1862) and Margaret (née
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894) A Pair of Husband and Wife Portraits: Ozias F. Goodwin (1794-1862) and Margaret (née Chapman) Goodwin (1805-1931). Unsigned, both inscribed "Mrs. Guy Waring/ Hyde Park..." on labels affixed to the reverse, Margaret identified on a label affixed to the reverse. Oil on panel, 17 x 13 1/4 in., in period molded giltwood frames. Condition: Minor retouch, bowing to panel. Provenance: By descent from Margaret Goodwin to daughter Mary Chapman Goodwin (1841-?), by descent to daughter Elizabeth Fairfield Wadsworth [Mrs. Guy Waring, formerly Mrs. George Ebenezer Burgess] (1871-1958), Milton and Hyde Park, Massachusetts; present owners by family descent. Note: At the encouragement of artists Thomas Sully and Jane Stuart, G.P.A. Healy opened his own portrait studio in Boston at the age of 17 where he accepted private commissions. Margaret and Ozias F. Goodwin were married in 1826.
Skinner
Jan. 23, 2012
George Peter Alexander Healy, (American, 1813-1894), Portrait of a Boy, 1861
Est: $600 - $800
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894) Portrait of a Boy, 1861 oil on canvas signed G.P.A. Healy and dated (lower left) 24 x 20 inches.
Hindman
Oct. 08, 2011
PORTRAIT BY GPA HEALY
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
19th c. portrait of a young lady, oval cutout gilded frame, signed on back "Mrs. T.B. Bryan, GPA Healy, Chicago, 1859", (wife of Hon. Chicago World's Fair 1893 VP Commissioner), (artist George Peter Alexander Healy, 1813-1894), 30" x 25".
Willis Henry Auctions Inc.
Sep. 01, 2010
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894) Portrait of Mrs R.H. Winslow signed and dated 'G.A. Healy 1859' (center right) and bears signature and date 'G.A. Healy 1859' (lower right) oil on canvas, arched top 68¼ x 47¼ in. (173.4 x 120 cm.) Painted in 1859.
Christie's
Aug. 31, 2010
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813-1894) Portrait of Mrs R.H. Winslow signed and dated 'G.A. Healy 1859' (center right) and bears signature and date 'G.A. Healy 1859' (lower right) oil on canvas, arched top 68¼ x 47¼ in. (173.4 x 120 cm.) Painted in 1859.
Christie's
Apr. 03, 2009
GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY, American, 1813-1894, Portrait of a Civil War General., Oil on canvas, 27" x 22½". Framed.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY American, 1813-1894 Portrait of a Civil War General. Signed and dated upper right "G.P.A. Healy 1881". Identified on a frame plaque as "Jacob Carlson Cox, Union General Civil War". The frame plaque appears to misidentify the sitter, as his correct name was Jacob Dotson Cox. Cox saw action in the war with Ambrose Burnside at the Battle of Antietam. After the War he was elected Governor of Ohio and served from 1866-1867, but his moderate views on suffrage and his support of President Johnson's Reconstruction plans prevented him from being nominated for a second term. After returning to a private law practice he became Secretary of the Interior under Grant. Oil on canvas, 27" x 22 1/2". Framed.
Eldred's
Feb. 07, 2009
George Peter Alexander Healy (American/New
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
George Peter Alexander Healy (American/New Orleans, 1813-1894), "Portrait of a Gentleman in His Study", oil on canvas laid on board, signed "G.P.A. Healy, 1855" lower right, 49 1/4 in. x 35 1/4 in., unframed * NO RETURNS ARE ACCEPTED ON THE BASIS OF CONDITION * PLEASE READ ALL CONDITIONS OF LISTED WITH THIS ITEM * PAYMENT DUE WITHIN 10 DAYS! * NO PAY PAL * WE DO NOT SHIP ANY ITEMS or ESTIMATE, SEE BELOW SHIPPING POLICY * LOCATED IN NEW ORLEANS, LA *
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