{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"8541"},"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 the Gebhard Family"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1820"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"2022    17    1"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"2022.17.1"},"edition":{"label":"Photo Credit","value":"American Folk Art Museum"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Oil on canvas"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":"Claverack"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/26878/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"26878"},{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/26879/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"26879"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Reverend John Gabriel Gebhard"},"geographyCity":{"value":"Claverack"},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["These portraits are both signed by Ammi Phillips, making them highly rare examples of documented work by the artist. In complement to the later signed portrait of George Sunderland in our collections, these works significantly strengthen AFAM\u2019s status as the museum of record for documenting the career of this iconic early American folk portraitist. The portraits mark a transitional moment in Phillips\u2019 career, sharing some stylistic and compositional characteristics of the similarly dated portrait of Rhoda Goodrich Bentley in AFAM\u2019s collections, but moving gradually away from the paler backgrounds of the earlier \u201dBorder Limner\u201d era. The portraits are fine examples of the artist\u2019s period working in the vicinity of Troy, New York, representing prominent members of the community and, in the case of Rev. Gebhard, a noted historical figure in the annals of the German Reformed Church in America. German-born, Reverend John Gabriel Gebhard was educated at the University of Heidelberg; he was from the town of Waldorf and knew John Jacob Astor as a boy. In New York, he expanded on his ministerial duties with the founding of a local seminary for boys and was highly respected for his\u201dsagacity, knowledge of human nature, prudence, and self-control.\u201d (Harbaugh, 394) A letter to him from George Washington is preserved in the first President\u2019s papers.","Object information is a work in progress and may be updatedwith new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk ArtMuseum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org"]},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Paintings"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":"Claverack"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"157534"},"geographyState":{"value":"New York"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"125","content":"Ammi Phillips"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Paintings"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["These portraits are both signed by Ammi Phillips, making them highly rare examples of documented work by the artist. In complement to the later signed portrait of George Sunderland in our collections, these works significantly strengthen AFAM\u2019s status as the museum of record for documenting the career of this iconic early American folk portraitist. The portraits mark a transitional moment in Phillips\u2019 career, sharing some stylistic and compositional characteristics of the similarly dated portrait of Rhoda Goodrich Bentley in AFAM\u2019s collections, but moving gradually away from the paler backgrounds of the earlier \u201dBorder Limner\u201d era. The portraits are fine examples of the artist\u2019s period working in the vicinity of Troy, New York, representing prominent members of the community and, in the case of Rev. Gebhard, a noted historical figure in the annals of the German Reformed Church in America. German-born, Reverend John Gabriel Gebhard was educated at the University of Heidelberg; he was from the town of Waldorf and knew John Jacob Astor as a boy. In New York, he expanded on his ministerial duties with the founding of a local seminary for boys and was highly respected for his\u201dsagacity, knowledge of human nature, prudence, and self-control.\u201d (Harbaugh, 394) A letter to him from George Washington is preserved in the first President\u2019s papers.","Object information is a work in progress and may be updatedwith new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk ArtMuseum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org"]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1820"},"inscribed":{"label":"Inscribed","value":"Inscribed, signed and dated on the reverse \u201cJ. Gebhard Aetatis 71 1820 Painted by A. Phillips\u201d"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1820"},"curatorialRemarks":{"label":"Curatorial Remarks","value":""},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"30 x 24\""}}]}