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John Amory, Jr.
Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755–1828)
about 1806
Medium/Technique
Oil on panel
Dimensions
66.04 x 53.97 cm (26 x 21 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession Number37.40
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPaintings
Based on their style, Stuart probably painted portraits of John and Catherine Amory (37.39) soon after he arrived in Boston. Amory already had retired from a successful career in a mercantile business. The Amorys were great-grandparents of Martha Codman Karolik; she and her husband Maxim Karolik were among the Museum's foremost donors. Several pieces of furniture by John and Thomas Seymour in this gallery descended from John Amory.
Catalogue Raisonné
Eighteenth-century American Arts No. 9
ProvenanceThe artist; to Catherine Amory Codman, the sitter's daughter, Boston; to Misses Catherine E. and Maria P. Codman, her daughters, Bristol, R.I.; to Martha Codman Karolik, their niece, Newport, R.I., about 1902; to MFA, 1937, gift of Maxim and Martha C. Karolik.