Portrait of Sarah Musser

A young girl with blonde hair in profile stands on a green grassy hill, wearing a long pale pink dress with puffed sleeves, holding a small pink flower and a green bag. Blue hills, a leafy tree at right and a German inscription with birth and painting dates appear below in a watercolor and pen-and-ink portrait, dated 1826.

Artist

Jacob Maentel

Date

1826

Medium

watercolor and pen and ink on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

2378 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum