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Flat Tulip Artist,
Primitive -- Fractur
Painting
Taufschein for Benjamin Meyer (b. 1800), (painting).
Artist:
Flat Tulip Artist, ca. 1770-ca. 1820, painter.
Title:
Taufschein for Benjamin Meyer (b. 1800), (painting).
Dates:
ca. 1805.
Medium:
Watercolor on paper.
Dimensions:
8 x 13 in.
Description:
A baptismal certificate outlined with a red and green circle, that is flanked by four pinwheels, one at each corner, in shades of gold, orange, and green.
Subject:
Primitive -- Fractur
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Schwenkfelder Museum, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
Benjamin Meyer was baptized by Pastor Ilgen in Miles Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. This is the only known printed certificate form used by the artist.
References:
Antiques (Sept. 1986): pg. 509.
Illustration:
Antiques (Sept. 1986): pg. 509.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 80046649
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