Robert Feke, about (1705-about 1752)

• Was an American portrait painter.
• He was born in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York.
• In total, about 60 paintings by Feke survive, twelve of which are signed and dated.
• Only one work by Feke, a portrait of a child, is datable before 1741.
• In that year he moved to Boston, where he painted Isaac Royall and Family (1741), a group portrait which borrows its composition from John Smybert’s The Bermuda Group (1729).
• From 1741 until 1750, Feke worked in Boston, Newport, Rhode Island, and Philadelphia, painting wealthy merchants and landowners.
• The latest record of his activities is August 26, 1751.
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