Object Number 1957.1119 A

Object Name

Drawing (Watercolor drawing)

Title

Portrait of a Boy Holding a Rooster

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

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.

Place of Origin

Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1815-1825

Subjects

Portrait; Animals

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

7.9 (H) , 5.9 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20 (H) , 15 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Coloring

Hand colored with translucent watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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. 123, see also pp. 116-123.
[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published p. 59, no. 59; p.115, cat. no. 95.
[Book] Finch, Christopher. 1986 American Watercolors.
• Published p. 51, fig. 63.
[Book] Lipman, Jean & Winchester, Alice. 1974 The Flowering of American Folk Art, 1776-1876. 288 p.
• Published p. 40, fig. 38.
[Book] Grier, Katherine C. 2007 Pets in America: A History.
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