The Cobbler's Apprentice

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The Cobbler's Apprentice is a painting by the American painter Frank Duveneck, painted in 1877.[1] It hangs in the Taft Museum of Art of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.[2] The oil on canvas portrait measures 38.5 by 26.75 inches (978 mm × 679 mm) and it is signed by the artist.[3][4]

Duveneck painted The Cobbler's Apprentice in Munich, Germany, where at the time he was regarded as a leading American artist.[3][5]

The subject of The Cobbler's Apprentice is a boy, shown three-quarters-length, and turned three quarters to the right. He is holding a large basket to his right side while he blows smoke from a cigar held in his left hand.[3]

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