Child's Porringer

1938

Jacob Gielens

Associated Names
Jacob Gielens

Artist, American, born Germany, 1870 - 1946

The image shows a large copper pan with a metal handle on the right side. Warm brown and copper tones dominate the color palette, with blue and gray hues visible inside the pan. The pan is centered in the image, with the handle extending to the right, and there is ample space around it, emphasizing the pan as the focal point of the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 28.1 x 23 cm (11 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 1 3/4" high; 4 1/2" in diameter

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.13280

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Jacob Gielens 1938

Wikidata ID

Q64579367

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