Jens Juel: A pair of portraits of Christopher McEvoy and his wife

A pair of portraits of plantation owner on St. Croix, merchant Christopher McEvoy (1720–1792) and his wife Jane McEvoy née Low. The couple was married in 1778 on St. Croix. He in a brown vest and jacket, a white shirt with frill and a grey wig. She in a light green dress, white shawl, grey curly hair. C. 1791. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. Oval. 70×54 cm. (2). The couple is a repetition of no. 569 and 570 in Ellen Poulsen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Jens Juel reproduced vol. 2 p. 364 and 365. They are signed and dated 1791. The present pair of paintings are mentioned under no. 570. Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen auction 573, 1992 no. 104 reproduced p. 87. Christopher McEvoy became wealthy on sugar sales and he had a lavish lifestyle on St. Croix. He got Danish citizenship in 1776 and moved to Denmark in the 1770s, where he lived on the revenues from the West Indies plantations. In 1777 he acquired Christiansholm in Klampenborg north of Copenhagen and the mansion of Rewentlow in the center of Copenhagen.

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