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Painting Collection of the Maryland Historical Society
Adalbert J. Volck
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John Roy Robertson (fl. 1857-1869)
Adalbert J. Volck 1862
Oil on canvas
27 3/32 x 21 59/64 in.(68.8 x 55.7 cm.)
Holding Institution: Maryland Historical Society
Accession: 1950-69-2
  About the Artist
  Artist: John Roy Robertson (fl. 1857-1869)
  About the Artwork
  Medium: Painting
Description: Bust portrait shows Adalbert J. Volck: man with dark, receding hair, facing right, wearing gray smock and white collar. He holds brush and palette in left hand. Image has dark background.
Sitter's Life Dates: 1828-1912
Signatures/Inscriptions/Labels: Center left: "Robertson/1861". Label: "50.69.2 / A.J. Volck / self portrait" -['self portrait' scratched out in pencil].
 
 
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