Jacob Maentel (Pennsylvania/Maryland/Indiana/Germany, 1763-1863) Portrait of a Young Boy with a Parrot

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Jacob Maentel (Pennsylvania/Maryland/Indiana/Germany, 1763-1863)

Portrait of a Young Boy with a Parrot
Unsigned.
Watercolor on paper, 7 5/8 x 6 3/8 in., in a modern maple frame.
Condition: Minor toning, small spots, two areas of paper loss near u.r. corner.

Provenance: Henry B. Gleason, Marietta, Pennsylvania; Mr. & Mrs. William E. Wiltshire III, Richmond, Virginia; Sotheby's, American Folk Paintings and Watercolors, April 30, 1981, Lot 23; Christie's, January 16, 1998, Lot 319.

Literature: American Folk Paintings: Selections from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. William E. Wiltshire III, The Viginia Museum (Richmond, Virginia, 1977),p. 44.

Exhibitions: American Folk Paintings: Selections from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. William E. Wiltshire III, The Virginia Museum, Richmond, Virginia, November 29, 1977-January 8, 1978.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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