Jacob (?) Leman

c. 1808

Jacob Eichholtz

Associated Names
Jacob Eichholtz

Artist, American, 1776 - 1842

This portrait depicts a man in profile view with his right side facing the viewer. The man has short, brown hair, a slightly receding hairline, a prominent nose, fair skin, and a clean-shaven face. He is wearing a dark coat with metal buttons, a high-collared white shirt, and a black cravat. The background is a simple, dark, oval-shaped area. There are no visible jewelry or additional objects in the painting.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leman family, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; by descent to Adelia Leman [1857-1947], Lancaster, grandniece of the artist.[1] Acquired, likely purchased from Adelia Leman's estate, in 1948 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, New York, and Cambridge, Maryland; gift 1953 to NGA.
[1] Helen W. Henderson's opening comments in the brochure accompanying the 1943 exhibition Jacob Eichholtz, 1776-1842, American Artist at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, report: "A peculiarly touching incident was a visit to the outskirts of Lancaster to see the collection of a grandniece of the painter's. She sat in her bower surrounded by these souvenirs of a rich past. A particularly charming phase of the artist's work is a series of small oval portraits on wood. Many of them are family portraits and we were fortunate in procuring four from her collection."

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1943

  • Jacob Eichholtz, 1776-1842, American Artist, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1943, no. 24, as George Leman.

2003

  • The Worlds of Jacob Eichholtz, Portrait Painter of the Early Republic, shown at one of three simultaneous venues: Lancaster County Historical Society, Pennsylvania, 2003, unnumbered catalogue, repro. and fig. 3.4.

Bibliography

1960

  • Milley, John Calvin. "Jacob Eichholtz, 1776-1842." Master's thesis, University of Delaware, 1960: 30, as George Leman.

1969

  • Beal, Rebecca J. Jacob Eichholtz, 1776-1842. Philadelphia, 1969: 135, no. 458, repro. 283.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 56, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 154, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 171, repro.

1996

  • Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 199-201, repro.

Inscriptions

on reverse: Adelia Leman / 1808; upper right reverse: (5)

Wikidata ID

Q20182405

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