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    Artist

  • Unknown Artist

    • Title

  • Portrait of a Monheimer Family member

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : oil on paper, wooden frame ; 4.75" x 4.25" ; 12.07 x 11 cm

  • Date

    19th century :

  • Summary

    Portrait of an elderly woman, wrinkles visible and smiling slightly. She wears a green dress with a lace collar, gold earings and necklace, and a cloth head covering.

  • Subject

    Women, Portraits; Nineteenth century

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Paintings; Oil paintings

  • Part Of

    Thurnauer Family Collection, AR 10362

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

The parents of Josie Rudolph Thurnauer emigrated from Nuremberg to the United States in 1846, settling in Sitka, Alaska. They changed their name from Monheimer to Rudolph and lived in Alaska.

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Citation

Unknown Artist: Portrait of a Monheimer Family member, Leo Baeck Institute, 2001.12.