Manuscript Micrographic half-length portrait of “The Great Sage and Chief Rabbi of the Province of Posen” full-bearded and wearing skull-cap. Executed by Joseph Katz of Freistadt.
AUCTION 6 |
Tuesday, November 17th,
1998 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners
Lot 253
(EGER, AKIVA).
Manuscript Micrographic half-length portrait of “The Great Sage and Chief Rabbi of the Province of Posen” full-bearded and wearing skull-cap. Executed by Joseph Katz of Freistadt.
1838-9
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Powerfully influential Rabbi and scholar (1761-1837). Portrait executed just a year following his death