Three Rabbis.

AUCTION 57 | Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 285
BRANDON, JACQUES EMILE EDOUARD.

Three Rabbis.

Oil on canvas. Finely framed. 16 x 12.5 inches.

French, c. 1870’s (1880’s):

Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Of Sephardic descent and born in Bordeaux, France, Jacques Emile Edouard Brandon (1831-97) like Moritz Daniel Oppenheim and Solomon Alexander Hart was part of the the first generation of Jewish artists to feature within their art the beauty of Jewish religious life. Provenance: Formerly in the Collection of the late Daniel M. Friedenberg of Greenwich, Conn.