Dutch Rabbi (unidentified).

AUCTION 68 | Thursday, April 07th, 2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 80
PRINS, BENJAMIN.

Dutch Rabbi (unidentified).

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. 39.5 x 25.5 inches.

1926:

Est: $6,000 - $9,000
PRICE REALIZED $5,000
Benjamin Prins (1860-1934) was born in Arnhem, the Netherlands, the son of the talented businessman and Torah scholar Liepman Philip Prins. His family moved to Frankfurt, but art studies took Prins to the Rijksakademie (Amsterdam), Koninklijke Academie (Antwerp) and Paris. After marrying Moritz Oppenheim’s niece, he settled in Amsterdam where he painted professionally, specializing in still lifes and portraits, including members of the Jewish community.