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Strenge, Christian,
Primitive -- Fractur
Homage -- Kneisly, Abraham
Painting
Vorschrift: "Kommt Losset Unsdem" for Abraham Kneisly, (painting).
Artist:
Strenge, Christian, 1757-1828, painter.
Title:
Vorschrift: "Kommt Losset Unsdem" for Abraham Kneisly, (painting).
Dates:
1802.
Dimensions:
7 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.
Description:
Vorschrift with narrow yellow border. Right side decorated with bird on floral stalk. Large letters "Kommt Losset uns dem..." continues in cursive. Includes alphabet and numbers. Translation of bottom line reads: "Written in Hempfield Township in the year 1802." The name Abraham Kneisly occurs on the upper left and on the back, where there is also a list of births in the Kneisly family from 1812-1818.
Subject:
Primitive -- Fractur
Homage -- Kneisly, Abraham
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Road, P.O. Box 82, Harleysville, Pennsylvania 19438 Accession Number: 75-143-1
Provenance:
Gift of Winey, Miriam E.,
References:
Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, 1988.
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 67580009
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Inventory of American Paintings
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