Jacob Maentel (1778–?) Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania c. 1825–1830 Watercolor, gouache, ink, and pencil on paper 16 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (sight) American Folk Art Museum, promised gift of Ralph Esmerian, P1.2001.15b The portraits of Dr. Christian Bucher (1796–1860) and Mary Valentine Bucher (1803–1889), also in the museum’s collection, are among Jacob Maentel’s best-known works. In an unusual departure from his watercolors of couples posed in symmetrical interior settings, the Buchers are shown
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