Jacob Maentel (Pennsylvania/Maryland/Indiana/Germany, 1763-1863),Portrait of a Woman in Profile Sitting on a Paint-decorated Chair wit

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

Portrait of a Woman in Profile Sitting on a Paint-decorated Chair with Book
Unsigned.
Watercolor on paper, 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 in., in a mahogany veneer frame.
Condition: Toned, 1 1/2-in. tear at left edge.

Provenance: Sotheby's, December 8, 1984, Lot 50; David Wheatcroft; Cyr Auction of Jean Curtain Collection, Gray, Maine, Lot 205.
Provenance: The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art.
Estimate $1,500-2,500


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