Israel Forster1784–179519 3/4 x 17 " (50.2 x 43.2 cm)
Frame: 25 1/4 x 22 1/4 x 1 1/2 " (64.1 x 56.5 x 3.8 cm)Oil on canvasGift of Ralph and Bobbi Terkowitz2019.3.30
1567136763P1.2018.3The Gloucester LimnerPaintingsThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.United StatesPaintingsformerly attributed to Rufus HathawayAccording to the Sotheby’s description the sitter of this portrait, Israel Forster, was born in Andover, Massachusetts in 1779. He lived in Manchester, Massachusetts and was married once in 1802 and again in 1806. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover. The portrait has long been attributed to Rufus Hathaway (1770–1822) whose professional career encompassed two disciplines: medicine and art. He was born in Freetown, Rhode Island, on May 2, 1770. Among his earliest known paintings are the companion 1791 portraits The Reverend Caleb Turner and Mrs. Phebe King Turner and the 1790 portrait Lady with Her Pets, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgP1.2018.317841795 2019 3 3 According to the Sotheby’s description the sitter of this portrait, Israel Forster, was born in Andover, Massachusetts in 1779. He lived in Manchester, Massachusetts and was married once in 1802 and again in 1806. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover. The portrait has long been attributed to Rufus Hathaway (1770–1822) whose professional career encompassed two disciplines: medicine and art. He was born in Freetown, Rhode Island, on May 2, 1770. Among his earliest known paintings are the companion 1791 portraits The Reverend Caleb Turner and Mrs. Phebe King Turner and the 1790 portrait Lady with Her Pets, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
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