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''The Cobbler's Apprentice'' is a painting by the American painter
''The Cobbler's Apprentice'' is a painting by the American painter Frank Duveneck
Frank Duveneck (né Decker; October 9, 1848 – January 3, 1919) was an American figure and portrait painter.
Early life
Duveneck was born in Covington, Kentucky, the son of German immigrant Bernhard Decker. Decker died in a cholera epidemic whe ...
, painted in 1877. It hangs in the Taft Museum of Art
The Taft Museum of Art is a fine art collection in Cincinnati, Ohio. It occupies the 200-year-old historic house at 316 Pike Street. The house – the oldest domestic wooden structure in downtown Cincinnati – was built about 1820 and housed ...
of Cincinnati
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, Ohio
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, United States
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. The oil on canvas portrait measures and it is signed by the artist.
Duveneck painted ''The Cobbler's Apprentice'' in Munich
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, Germany
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, where at the time he was regarded as a leading American artist.
Description
The subject of ''The Cobbler's Apprentice'' is a boy, shown three-quarters-length, and turned three quarters to the right. He is holding a large basket to his right side while he blows smoke from a cigar held in his left hand.Provenance
The painting was sold in Munich for $25 to one Mr. von Hessling, the American Vice Consul, was for a time owned by Mr. Joseph Stransky of New York, and was finally acquired into the collection of Mr.Charles Phelps Taft
Charles Phelps Taft (December 21, 1843 – December 31, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served as editor of the ''Cincinnati Times-Star'' and owned both the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs baseball teams. From 1895 to 1897 ...
.
In popular culture
The painting was parodied in the 2011 mural ''The Cobbler's Apprentice Plays Ball'' on The Banks near theGreat American Ball Park
Great American Ball Park is a baseball stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. It served as the home stadium of the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB), and opened on March 31, 2003, replacing Cinergy Field (formerly Riverfront Stadium), the Reds ...
. Instead of holding a cigar and a basket of vegetables, the boy now appears holding a baseball bat.
References
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