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Portrait of Engel Geffecken Kunhardt
Portrait of Engel Geffecken Kunhardt

Portrait of Engel Geffecken Kunhardt

Unidentified artist, German, 18th century
about 1767
Medium/TechniqueWax, with various silk textiles and gold trim, in wood box
Dimensions13 x 10 in. (33 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the family of George Edward Kunhardt, Jr.
Accession number2008.1652
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceProbably passed from the sitters, Daniel Otto Kunhardt (b. 1721 - d. 1792) and Engel Geffken Kunhardt (b. 1742 - d. 1814), by descent through the family to George Kunhardt, Sr. (b. 1861), North Andover, MA [see note 1]; by inheritance to his son, George Edward Kunhardt, Jr. (b. 1898 - d. 1977), Francestown, NH; 1977, by inheritance to his wife, Priscilla Kunhardt, Francestown; 2008, gift of Mrs. Kunhardt to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 21, 2009)

NOTES:
[1] MFA accession numbers 2008.1651 and 2008.1652, portraits of Daniel Otto Kunhardt and his wife Engel Geffken Kunhardt, are a pair.