Unstretched Oil on Canvas Portrait of Handsome Young Man  Native American souvenir totem pole and was executed on laid

and was executed on laid paper with a 1813 watermark

Color richer and black bolder in person

in a combination of pen

It is the inclusion of Saint Michael (the Archangel) though that puts this painting over the top for me

a few decorative borders

Unstretched Oil on Canvas Portrait of Handsome Young Man  Native American souvenir totem pole and was executed on laidNo way could I resist this handsome fellow posing in his tight fitting trunks, with what I take for a fair bit of attitude, too. Something about the angle of the burgundy curtain to his right and beams overhead and lines of the stool gives the composition a bit of a Diebenkorn feeling to me, and this young man's face I think has a bit of a Modigliani aspect, too. Found in Massachusetts, this is unsigned and I dont know who painted it, but I might