Museum Object Number1957.1118 A |
Drawing (Watercolor drawing)
Portrait of a Young Girl
Works on Paper
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Jacob Maentel (Artist)
Jacob Maentel was born in Kassel, Hessia, Germany, on October 15, 1778. He immigrated to America by 1811, when he applied for citizenship in York County, Pennsylvania. Maentel worked as a portrait painter in southeastern Pennsylvania, including the Schaefferstown area of Lebanon County, before moving to New Harmony, Indiana, in the late 1830s. There he continued to paint portraits and died about 1863. No official record of his death has been found.
1778
1863
Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1815-1840
Portrait
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Drawn, Hand colored, Painted
10.6 (H) , 7.7 (W) , 10 (Image H) , 6.7 (Image W)
27 (H) , 19.5 (W) , 10 (Image H) , 6.7 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom.
Hand colored with translucent watercolors
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