Lot 895: 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, 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. Note: 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.