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Master Schaum  1810

by Jacob Eichholtz

Working as a coppersmith in his hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Jacob Eichholtz aspired to be a portraitist, eventually giving up his metalwork business to focus on painting by 1811. Despite having essentially no formal training in the medium, Eichholtz progressed quickly, becoming one of the leading portrait painters in Philadelphia and nearby areas. These portraits ...
Size: 
22.9 × 17.5 cm (9 × 6 7/8 in.)
Medium: 
Oil on yellow poplar panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago