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Portrait and Birth Record of Mahala Wechter

Jacob Maentel

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white portrait of a woman with dark hair styled in buns on either side of her head with a bow on top; she wears a dark dress with puffy sleeves and a white ruffled collar; text below the portrait written in German.

Artwork details

Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
523 × 625 px
Museum record:
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