Firm Belief – Truth, Boldness, Self-Reliance (study for over-door, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, Firm Belief--Truth, Boldness, Self-Reliance (study for over-door, Old Senate Office Building), ca. 1916, pencil, tempera and watercolor on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mae Schaettle, 1966.32.6
Louis Schaettle, Firm Belief--Truth, Boldness, Self-Reliance (study for over-door, Old Senate Office Building), ca. 1916, pencil, tempera and watercolor on paperboard, sheet: 12 5820 in. (32.150.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mae Schaettle, 1966.32.6
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Artwork Details

Title
Firm Belief – Truth, Boldness, Self-Reliance (study for over-door, Old Senate Office Building)
Date
ca. 1916
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 12 5820 in. (32.150.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mae Schaettle
Mediums Description
pencil, tempera and watercolor on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Religion — angel
  • Study — mural study
  • Allegory — quality
  • Figure group
Object Number
1966.32.6

Works by this artist (17 items)

Louis Schaettle, A Town Meeting, ca. 1916, pen and ink, watercolor and tempera on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mae Schaettle, 1966.32.5
A Town Meeting
Dateca. 1916
pen and ink, watercolor and tempera on paperboard
Not on view
Louis Schaettle, Arbitration, n.d., watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mae Schaettle, 1966.32.14
Arbitration
Daten.d.
watercolor on paper
Not on view
Louis Schaettle, Fishery (study for panel, Old Senate Office Building), ca. 1916, pen and ink, watercolor and tempera on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mae Schaettle, 1966.32.3
Fishery (study for panel, Old Senate Office Building)
Dateca. 1916
pen and ink, watercolor and tempera on paperboard
Not on view
Louis Schaettle, Wealth of the Soil (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building), ca. 1916, pencil, tempera and watercolor on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mae Schaettle, 1966.32.7
Wealth of the Soil (study for lunette, Old Senate Office…
Dateca. 1916
pencil, tempera and watercolor on paperboard
Not on view

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