Portrait of a Boy Holding a Rooster
Works on Paper
Jacob Maentel (Artist)
Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1815-1825
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Drawn, Hand colored, Painted
1957.1119 A
Object Number1957.1119 A |
Drawing (Watercolor drawing)
Portrait of a Boy Holding a Rooster
Works on Paper
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Jacob Maentel (Artist)
1778-1863
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.
Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1815-1825
Portrait; Animals
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Drawn, Hand colored, Painted
7.9 (H) , 5.9 (W)
20 (H) , 15 (W)
H at left. W at bottom.
Hand colored with translucent watercolors
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[Book] Black, Mary Childs. 1990 Simplicity, A Grace: Jacob Maentel in Indiana.
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