{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"5111"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"The American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain."},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Kendra and Allan Daniel"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1805"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"2015     1   87"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"2015.1.87"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Watercolor on paper"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":""},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/5048/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"5048"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Marie-Henriette Heiniken (Mme. de Xaintrailles)"},"geographyCity":{"value":""},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":"German-born Marie-Henriette Heiniken was an adventurous woman, better known as \u201cMadame de Xaintrailles,\u201d who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the military during the Napoleonic Wars, earning her rank \u201cat the point of the sword.\u201d In this diminutive portrait, she is shown wearing the military uniform of a French cavalry major. Heiniken purportedly acted as aide-de-camp to General Charles Antoine Xaintrailles, who is cited in most sources as her husband, and in others as her lover.  Heiniken was one of only a few women to become a Freemason during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. According to one account, she went to the Masonic Loge des Frères Artistes in Paris in hopes of joining the French Adoption Rite, a lodge specifically for women. Instead, when the brothers learned her identity, they decided to initiate her into the First, or Entered Apprentice, Degree in the male lodge because of her brave service. Period sources have yet to be uncovered to verify the details, but the story has been published repeatedly in Masonic histories.Stacy C. Hollander, \"Marie-Henriette Heiniken (Mme. de Xaintrailles) (?\u20131818),\" exhibition label for Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2016. Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org"},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":["Works on Paper","Fraternal Art and Objects"]},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":""},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"155506"},"geographyState":{"value":""},"geographyCountry":{"value":"France"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"103","content":"Artist unidentified"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Miniatures"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":"German-born Marie-Henriette Heiniken was an adventurous woman, better known as \u201cMadame de Xaintrailles,\u201d who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the military during the Napoleonic Wars, earning her rank \u201cat the point of the sword.\u201d In this diminutive portrait, she is shown wearing the military uniform of a French cavalry major. Heiniken purportedly acted as aide-de-camp to General Charles Antoine Xaintrailles, who is cited in most sources as her husband, and in others as her lover.  Heiniken was one of only a few women to become a Freemason during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. According to one account, she went to the Masonic Loge des Frères Artistes in Paris in hopes of joining the French Adoption Rite, a lodge specifically for women. Instead, when the brothers learned her identity, they decided to initiate her into the First, or Entered Apprentice, Degree in the male lodge because of her brave service. Period sources have yet to be uncovered to verify the details, but the story has been published repeatedly in Masonic histories.Stacy C. Hollander, \"Marie-Henriette Heiniken (Mme. de Xaintrailles) (?\u20131818),\" exhibition label for Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2016. Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org"},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1795"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"c. 1800"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Thursday, January 21, 2016 - Sunday, May 8, 2016","exhibitionEndISODate":"2016-05-08","exhibitionID":"168","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2016-01-21","exhibitionBeginDate":"2016","exhibitionTitle":"Mystery and Benevolence","exhibitionEndDate":"2016"}},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"6 1/2 × 5 1/4\" (oval)"}}]}