Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Dress
Works on Paper
Jacob Maentel (Artist)
Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1810-1830
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Drawn, Hand colored, Painted
1957.1121 A
Object Number1957.1121 A |
Drawing (Watercolor drawing)
Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Dress
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
1810-1830
Portrait
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Drawn, Hand colored, Painted
10.9 (H) , 8.8 (W) , 10.4 (Image H) , 8.2 (Image W)
27.8 (H) , 22.4 (W) , 10.4 (Image H) , 8.2 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom.
Hand colored with translucent watercolors
Text available soon.
[Book] Black, Mary Childs. 1990 Simplicity, A Grace: Jacob Maentel in Indiana.
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[Book] Lipman, Jean & Armstrong, Tom. 1980 American Folk Painters of Three Centuries.
• See pp. 116-123.