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Merino Sheep
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Oertel painted religious subjects as well as portraits. He was born in Bavaria and studied painting and engraving in Munich. He emigrated to American in 1848, settling in Newark, New Jersey. During the next two decades he earned his way by teaching art, painting portraits, engraving banknotes and designing ceiling decorations for the House of Representative in Washington D.C. In 1871 he became a priest of the Protestant Episcopal Church and for over twenty years he served parishes in North and South Carolina, District of Columbia, Tennessee, Missouri and Maryland. His work is represented at the University of the South and in many churches, including the National Cathedral at Washington.
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Provenance
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Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acqisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 1/2 x W: 7 1/4 in. (14 x 18.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.1235