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Primitive -- Fractur
Homage -- Lang, Christina
Object -- Written Matter
Painting
Fraktur Vorschrift, German, (painting).
Artist:
Unknown, painter.
Title:
Fraktur Vorschrift, German, (painting).
Dates:
ca. 1786.
Dimensions:
13 x 8 1/4 in.
Description:
A birth/baptismal certificate for Catherine Lang, born May 30, 1784. Colors are pink, green, yellow, light blue, purple, and black. There is a cherubim in one corner and roses and tulips at the bottom.
Subject:
Primitive -- Fractur
Homage -- Lang, Christina
Object -- Written Matter -- Certificate
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Road, P.O. Box 82, Harleysville, Pennsylvania 19438 Accession Number: 87-41-2
Provenance:
Gift of Goshow, Henry, Mrs., Forksville, Pennsylvania Aug. 3, 1979.
Remarks:
Catherine Lang was the daughter of Johann Jacob Lang and Margaratha Koeppel Lang of the New Goschehoppen Lutheran Congregation. Witnesses were Peter Keppel and Christina Lang.
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 67580019
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Paintings
67580019
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