Liborio Prosperi. Portrait of Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild.

AUCTION 70 | Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autographed Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 51

(ROTHSCHILD).

Liborio Prosperi. Portrait of Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild.

Watercolor and gouache on paper. Signed: “Lib.” Captioned: “Lord Rothschild, June 9, 1888.” Unexamined out of frame. 7 x 12 inches.

1888:

Est: $6,000 - $8,000

PRICE REALIZED $6,250

The original depiction by Italian artist Liborio (“Lib”) Prosperi (1854-1928), for Vanity Fair Magazine, of Lord Rothschild (1840-1915), the first Jew to be ennobled into the House of Lords.