Jacob Maentel (Pennsylvania/Maryland/Indiana/Germany, 1763-1863) Portrait of Henry Potter Stichter

Description:

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

Portrait of Henry Potter Stichter
Unsigned, dated "April 9th 1833."
Watercolor on paper, 6 x 5 1/2 in., in a grain-painted frame.
Condition: Toned.

Provenance: Don Walters; Sotheby Parke Bernet, February 1, 1978, Lot 216.

Literature: Jacqueline Oak, "American Folk Portraits in the Collection of Sybil B. and Arthur B. Kern," The Magazine Antiques, September 1982, p. 564.

Note: In 1833 the Stichter family was living in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery, County, Pennsylvania, where Maentel is known to have painted.

Exhibitions: Reflections of 19th Century America: Folk Art from the Collection of Sybil B. and Arthur B. Kern, Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts, September 19, 1979-June 15, 1980.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $1,500-2,500


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