This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by Mrs. Sylvia Amorsolo-Lazo confirming the authenticity of this lot

Provenance: Private Collection, USA

ABOUT THE WORK

Fernando Amorsolo’s great body of work can be classified into several groupings. One such group is his portraits—some of them finished instantly, others over a longer period, depending upon the interest and mood of the painter and probably the reaction of the sitter. Amorsolo was a master portraitist, since his forte was figure painting. As the most popular painter around, Fernando Amorsolo was happily saddled all his life with portrait comissions making up a large proportion of his works. They were mostly commissioned works depicting the men and women from the upper echelons of Filipino society, as well as Americans residing in Manila during the American colonial period.