Portrait of Catherine Siegrist Hetzel
Portrait of Catherine Siegrist Hetzel
Portrait of Catherine Siegrist Hetzel

Portrait of Catherine Siegrist Hetzel

Object number86.1.175
Artist (1826 - 1899)
Date1850-1850
Credit LineGift of Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
DescriptionFramed oil painting. Bust portrait of woman with dark hair. She is wearing a black dress with a white collar and a white cap. Her hands appear to be folded in front of her. Black background.Dimensions32.7499 x 28.4999 in. (83.2 x 72.4 cm)
Signednone
MarksBack of painting in black marker: 77-72
Label TextGeorge Hetzel, Jr. (1826-1899) painted these portraits of his parents, George Hetzel, Sr. and Catherine Siegrist Hetzel in 1850. In 1828, infant George Hetzel, Jr. and his parents sailed to America from Bremerhaven, Germany and eventually settled in Allegheny City, where George Hetzel, Sr. worked as a tailor. George Hetzel, Jr. began his career as an artist in 1839 with an apprenticeship at a house and sign painting business and worked mostly at lettering and decorating signs for the next four years. In 1847, he was sent to study portrait and still-life painting at Dusseldorf Academy in Germany, internationally known for its lucid style of landscape and genre painting. Upon his return to Pittsburgh, he became a popular portrait artist in the area and was even better known for his landscapes and still-life paintings. He was also a leading figure in the loose-knit group of artists who painted in the Scalp Level area East of Pittsburgh.
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