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Calligraphy sample with the hymn "Bist du denn, Jesu"
1796
Medium/Technique
Red and brown ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 19.5 x 32.2 cm (7 11/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.410
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1361, fig. 372 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- fraktur. Calligraphic sample based on the hymn "Bist du denn, Jesu, mit deiner Huelf ... " written by Joachim Neander (German, 1650-1680). Written in Germany, the hymn was published several times in German Pennsylvania as well.
InscriptionsLL in red ink: Johannes Dederck dn 5/ Marz 1796; on verso in ink: Diese Vorschrift gehort mir John Deturck; below in larger letters: Johannes Deturck
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 7, 1956)