JACOB MAENTEL (1763-1863)*

A PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG BOY WITH PARROT

Details
JACOB MAENTEL (1763-1863)*
A Portrait of a Young Boy With Parrot
watercolor on paper
7.5/8 x 6.5/8in.
Provenance
Hovey B. Gleason, Marietta, Pennsylvania
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wiltshire III, Richmond, Virginia
Sotheby's New York, American Folk Paintings and Watercolors, April 30, 1981, lot 23
Literature
Richard B. Woodward, American Folk Painting: Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wiltshire, III (Richmond, 1977), p. 44, fig. 17.
Exhibited
Richmond, Virginia, The Virginia Museum, "American Folk Painting: Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wiltshire, III," 29 November 1977 - 8 January 1978.

Lot Essay

The costume and background of this portrait indicates Maentel probably painted the subject between 1810 and 1815. Maentel did other watercolor portraits similar to this including one at the New York State Historical Association (see D'Ambrosio and Emans, Folk Art's Many Faces: Portraits in the New York State Historical Association (Cooperstown, 1987); for further information see also Mary Black, Simplicity, A Grace: Jacob Maentel in Indiana (Evansville, 1990); see also footnote to lot 366.