Anna Fredrica Petersen
Object NamePlaque
Artist / Maker
Christian Petersen
(Danish - American, 1885 - 1961)
Date1920s
MediumPainted plaster
Dimensions9 1/2 × 6 1/4 × 1/2 in. (24.1 × 15.9 × 1.3 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard Draper. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberUM2019.289
Status
Not on viewCollections
CultureAmerican
Label TextPlaque depicts bust of Christian Petersen’s younger sister, Anna Fredrica Petersen, facing right. Anna F. Petersen would go on to marry Josiah Everett Draper, a jeweler, from a long line of silversmiths based in Attleboro, MA.
SignedSigned on front below neck: CP.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Christian Petersen Art Museum
Object Name: Portrait Bust
Christian Petersen
1934
Object number: U89.39
Object Name: Bas Relief
Christian Petersen
1932
Object number: UM2013.1
