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Mourning Picture: Man Standing by Gravestone
Circle Of: Jacob Maentel (American (born in Germany), 1763–1863, active in U.S. 1804–1850)
Formerly attributed to: Samuel Endredi Stettinius (American (born in Germany), 1768–1815)
Formerly attributed to: Samuel Endredi Stettinius (American (born in Germany), 1768–1815)
before about 1840
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.1 x 19.1 cm (11 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 29.8 x 19.7 cm (11 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.) laid down
Sheet: 29.8 x 19.7 cm (11 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.) laid down
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number54.1075
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1122 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- portraits. Man in cutaway coat, trouser bottoms slit and buttoned, standing to right beside tilted headstone; holding inscribed sheet of paper in left hand and large handkerchief in right.
Provenance1954, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 14, 1954)