Sale 777
| Chicago
| Chicago
Estimate$600 – $800
Note:
Handwritten paper label to verso reads: It is understood that Silas Olmstead, a merchant of New York City, purchased this painting "St.. Agnes and the Lamb" (a copy from Murillo by a master) from a ship captain of a sailing vessel in the port of New York, date unknown. It was hung in his home in Nyack, N.Y. and later given to his son's wife Rachel Baker Olmstead, who in turn, gave it as a wedding gift to Amalia Sacchi née Morton on Sept. 19, 1900 and at her death on Oct. 15, 1955 became, by her will, the property of her husband Hawley W. Norton, who, on his death, gives it to his daughter's son Morton Cowling Kimball. Signed H. W. Morton 1956.
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Corbin Horn
Vice President, Head of Department, European Furniture & Decorative Arts

Mike Intihar
Senior Director, Appraisals & Valuations, Midwest