(RABBINIC PORTRAITS).
AUCTION 73 |
Thursday, June 22nd,
2017 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 321
(RABBINIC PORTRAITS).
Breslau, late 19th-century:
Est: $600 - $900
PRICE REALIZED $900
A most interesting selection of 40 rabbinic portraits from the more well-known and celebrated (the Vilna Gaon, R. Jonathan Eybescheutz and the Chasam Sofer) to the less commonly depicted (Rabbis Naftali Hirsch Katzenellenbogen, Yedidya Tia Weil of Karlsruhe and David HaCohen de Azevedo). Printed by S. Schottlaender whose press operated from 1888-94.
See A Mirror of Jewish Life: A Selection from The Moldovan Family Collection (Tel Aviv, 1999) no. 5.