File:Portrait of the Father of Emilius Nicolai Scherr MET 234946.jpg

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Portrait of the Father of Emilius Nicolai Scherr, Danish (MET, Inst.1983.4.1)

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Title
Portrait of the Father of Emilius Nicolai Scherr
Description
Danish; Portrait of the Father of Emilius Nicolai Scherr; Paintings
Date late 18th century
Medium watercolor
medium QS:P186,Q22915256
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 6cm (3 1/8 x 2 3/8in.)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Musical Instruments
Accession number
Inst.1983.4.1
Credit line Gift of Mildred Pierce, 1983
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/504222

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  • [Inst.1983.4.1] Portrait of the Father of Emilius Nicolai Scherr (watercolor). Scandinavia, Denmark (late 18th century).
  • Martha Novak Clinkscale (1993) "SCHERR, Emilius Nicolai (b Copenhagen, 23 May 1794–d Philadelphia, 14 Aug. 1874)" in Makers of the Piano: 1820-1860, vol.2, Oxford University Press, p. 324 ISBN: 978-0-19-816625-2.
    "​Piano, organ, and guitar maker in Philadelphia. Scherr was the son of Johan Nicolai Scherr (c.1751–1804), Danish organ and piano builder. "
  • Philip F. Gura (2003) "[references] 60." in C.F. Martin & His Guitars, 1796-1873, H. Eugene; and Lillian Youngs Lehman series, UNC Press Books, p. 207 ISBN: 978-0-8078-2801-4.
    "​Emilius Nicolai Scherr was a Danish immigrant who made pianofortes and organs in Philadelphia. See Laurence Libin, American Musical Instruments in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York: W. W. Norton, 1985), 130-132. Several of his harp guitars are extant. ... "
  • Laurence Libin (1985) American Musical Instruments in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 130–132 ISBN: 978-0-87099-379-4.
    "​It is tempting to specular that Martin might have known and perhaps influenced another immigrant guitar maker, Emilius Nicolai Scherr (b. Copenhagen, Denmark, May 5, 1794; d. Philadelphia, Pa., August 14, 1874), whoose work was more varied but is less remembered than Martin's. Third son of the organ and piano builder Johan Nicolai Scherr (c. 1751–1804), ... "

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