Old World Portraits
William Sheldon
Asahel Powers
A striking 19th-century folk art portrait of a seated man in a scholarly library setting.
Portrait of Jacob Ritter, Sr.
John Lewis Krimmel
1818 · Oil Paint, Canvas
A dignified early 19th-century portrait of a man engaged in botanical study.
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Where it works
A substantial, grounding work with softened warm notes — holds a formal wall with confidence.
- Often works in
- Study · Library · Living Room
- Placement
- Strongest where a vertical wall can take more presence
- Walls
- Reads strongest on light or mid-tone walls
- Color notes
- Charcoal black, Rich brown, Soft gray
About the piece
Painted around 1818 by John Lewis Krimmel, this portrait captures Jacob Ritter, Sr. with a sense of quiet intellect. Seated among his books and holding a botanical specimen, the sitter is rendered with the warm, precise realism characteristic of the American Federal period and the Philadelphia artistic tradition.
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