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Portrait of a Man by Jacob Eichholtz

Portrait of a Man

Jacob Eichholtz · 1809

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Artist
Jacob Eichholtz
Date
1809
Location
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Culture
United States
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Jacob Eichholtz

Jacob Eichholtz, an early American painter, transitioned from a coppersmith to a prolific portraitist, capturing over 800 subjects in the Romantic Victorian tradition.

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