John Gundaker Brenner (according to family tradition)
Description
Framed oil on canvas portrait on panel; male figure, said to be John Gundaker Brenner (1808-1879/80) according to great aunt of donor. Body faces slightly right, head turned slightly to left. Brown hair parted on his left with wisps brushed forward onto forehead and onto left temple; long sideburns. Blue eyes. White collar and stock, light waistcoat, dark jacket has high, wide collar and double row of 8 brass buttons. Plain light background. Has 5"-wide gilded frame.
Provenance
Descent through family: To Ella Louisa Brenner Brenneman, granddaughter of subjects; to her niece Mrs. Laura C. Burks; bought at auction by Mrs. Henry C. Snowden (Elizabeth Brenner Snowden), a cousin of Mrs. Brenneman; to Mrs. Richard R. Murray (Marjorie Snowden), her daughter; to donor and gr. granddaughter of Mrs. Snowden and great-niece of Mrs. Murray.
Rebecca Beal, "Jacob Eichholtz, 1776-1842", #69 & #70, p. 21.
Height (cm)
74.295
Height (ft)
2.4375
Height (in)
29.25
Width (cm)
61.595
Width (ft)
2.0208333333
Width (in)
24.25
Dimension Details
Frame: 38.25" x 33.25" x 2"
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2017-07-19
Condition Notes
Moderate craquelure overall except for smooth 2"-wide strip bordering all four sides. Paper sticker on back states: "Rebacked and restored" in 1937 by Hannah Mee Horner, Upper Darby, PA. Gilt frame has strong wear to gilding. Miter joints do not close completely.
Ptg. secured in frame with copper strips at corners.
Object ID
2017.009.1
Notes
See Beale, page 21 for description and comments. She entitles this entry "Brenner Family, Presumed Man of."
Credit
Gift of Marjorie P. Stoddard in memory of Marjorie Snowden Murray
Mrs. John G. Brenner (according to family tradition)
Description
Framed oil on canvas on panel portrait. Half-length seated figure is a woman, said to be Mrs. John Gundaker Brenner according to great aunt of donor. Facing left, head slightly to front. Blue eyes. Dotted net cap w/ ruffles around face & small bow at left ear. Wearing a necklace. Long-sleeved dark dress w/ surplice (cross-over) white collar extends below waist in front. Left hand holds book/Bible on lap. Red chair back visible to right. Plain background. Has 5"-wide gilt frame.
Provenance
Descent through family: To Ella Louisa Brenner Brenneman, granddaughter of subjects; to her niece Mrs. Laura C. Burks; bought at auction by Mrs. Henry C. Snowden (Elizabeth Brenner Snowden), a cousin of Mrs. Brenneman; to Mrs. Richard R. Murray (Marjorie Snowden), her daughter; to donor and gr. granddaughter of Mrs. Snowden and great-niece of Mrs. Murray.
Oil on wood panel of woman in profile seated on red chair facing left. She wears a white head covering tied under her chin. A white triangular kerchief over her shoulders comes to a point at her waist. Her dress is black.
On back: Sally Franciscus 1/18/60
"The small family portrait that you own, painted on a poplar panel by Jacob Eichholtz, was painted approximately in 1811 as the few dated examples of this type are all of about that period." Sall Francis-cus
Joe K. Kendig III, Antiques, 325 W. Market St., York, Pennsylvania
The frame is one and five eighths inches, beveled toward portrait. it is painted gold with bumpers on lower corners. Present -day clamps (2) hold painted panel in frame.
Catherine Maria & daughter Margaret Amelia. Wife and daughter of Jacob Eichholtz.
Description
Label on back:
Catherine Maria & daughter Margaret Amelia. Wife and daughter of Jacob Eichholtz. Painted by him in 1814.
Presented by great granddaughter Vera Demuth.
Beale #209 (p.63)
illus. (p.302)
In 1803 Catherine Hotz married Jacob Eichholtz, by whom she had four children, Hotz was thought to be a descendant of John Hotz, a proprietor of Lancaster taverns, The State Arms and the Franklin Inn.