Lot 558: Ethan Allen Greenwood (American/Massachusetts,

Ethan Allen Greenwood (American/Massachusetts, 1779-1856) "Bust Portrait of a Young Gentleman in a Black Overcoat and an Elaborate Neckerchief ", 1817, oil on canvas laid down on panel, signed and dated lower right "Greenwood Pinx 1817", 26-1/4" x 20-1/4". Presented in a deep giltwood and plaster lemon-gilt frame in the neoclassical taste, fourth quarter 19th century. Provenance: Vose Galleries of Boston, purchased 1967; Sold in these rooms on February 2, 1997, lot 1032; Private collection, Sarasota, Florida. Reference: Groce and Wallace,p. 274, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers, p. 346. Greenwood studied under Edward Savage and later succeeded Savage as owner of the New England Museum, Boston. He is known to have painted over 800 portraits.