Jacob Eichholtz
Peter Hoffman III
c. 1820
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 38 1/4 × 33 1/8 × 3 1/8 in. (97.2 × 84.1 × 7.9 cm.)
Unframed: 28 1/2 × 23 1/2 in. (72.4 × 59.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift
Object Number
1988.132
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1988; Private Collection; Gertrude Lee Hoffman, likely by descent; Peter Hoffman III (1774-1837) and Deborah Owings Hoffman (1777-1855)(m. 1799), Baltimore, MD likely by commission, c.1820
Beal, Rebecca J. "Jacob Eichholtz, 1776-1842 : Portrait Painter of Pennsylvania," Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1969, no. 357
Inscribed: Signed, in large script: “Eichholtz 1820.” On reverse, l.c.: "PETER HOFFMAN III / SON OF PETER II & MARY DOROTHEA / HOFFMAN - HUSBAND OF DEBORAH OWINGS / PAINTED BY / ICHOLTZ"
