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ALTEN, MATHIAS J., 1871-1938
Portrait of Major Nathan S. Boynton, 1922
Oil on canvas, dimensions unknown
Signature location unknown
An handwritten description of this painting by Eleanore Alten Gilleo, Alten's daughter, describes the
portrait as being a man with dark hair, brown-red tinge, dark blue gray, gray goatee, colorless gray,
dark
suit, black. The painting was executed in early 1922 as posthumous portrait. Furthermore, there
is extant
in the Alten family archive, a photograph of Boynton (1837 - 1911) founder of the Order of the
Maccabees, and later founder of Boynton Beach, Florida. The painting was likely based upon that
photograph.
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