School of Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723-1792), Portrait of a Young Man

Oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, late 18th century, painted in a feigned oval, the young man depicted half length in partial profile, presented in hand-carved frame, the stretcher retaining a red label for the American Art Galleries at Madison Square South in New York.

Stretcher dimensions 30 x 25 in.; Frame dimensions 38 x 33 in.

From the Estate of the late International Interior Designer Terry Parsons, Pittsboro, North Carolina

Original canvas has been cut and laid down on a later canvas and stretchers; three white paint flecks to ground above sitter's head; over-cleaned; obscuring varnish and scattered retouch visible under UV light.