Portrait of Johann Abraham Sprenger and family
Works on Paper
Jacob Maentel (Artist)
Schaefferstown, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1825-1830
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Drawn, Hand colored, Painted
1957.1123 A
Object Number1957.1123 A |
Drawing (Watercolor drawing)
Portrait of Johann Abraham Sprenger and family
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.
Schaefferstown, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1825-1830
Portrait
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Drawn, Hand colored, Painted
17.6 (H) , 21.98 (W) , 17.4 (Image H) , 21.98 (Image W)
44.6 (H) , 55.84 (W) , 17.4 (Image H) , 21.98 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom.
Hand colored with translucent and opaque watercolors
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[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.
• Published: p. 120, see pp. 116-123.
[Book] Denker, Bert R. Q & Denker, Ellen Paul. 1979 The Rocking Chair Book.
• Published pp. 42-43.
[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published: p. 57, fig. 55.
[Article] Fiske, Betty & Verplanck, Anne. 01//2002 Vernacular art at Winterthur. Antiques. 161: 194-199.
• Published as pl. no. 4.
[Other] Winterthur & Workman Publishing Company. 1992 American Folk Art Calendar (Winterthur).
• Published: 1992
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• Published: fig. 4.27, pp. 170 and 259.
[Article] Fleming, Mary Lou & Ruch, Marianne. 1991 Jacob Maentel: A Second Look. Pennsylvania Folklife. 41 (1)
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[Article] Fleming, Mary Lou. 1988 Folk Artist Jacob Maentel of Pennsylvania and Indiana. Pennsylvania Folklife. 37 (3)
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[Book] Barons, Richard I. 1982 The Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehannah Valley.
• Published: p. 33.
[Article] Minardi, Lisa. 10//2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans and the Art of Everyday Life. Early American Life Magazine. 18 - 25.
• Published: p. 18
[Catalogue] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life.
• Published: p. 3, fig. 1