Auction 32 · Lot 322
(1717-1790)
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- $1,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
LoEWENSTAM, SAUL.
Place
n.p., n.d.
Description
Mezzotint by J. Craco. Very fine condition
references
Rubens 1766
summary
Rabbi Saul Loewenstam served as Rabbi of the Aschkenazic community of Amsterdam. His work on the Pentateuch, Binyan Ariel (Amsterdam, 1778), which combines Biblical interpretation with Halacha, is to this day a favorite of that particular genre. In this engraving, the Rabbi is holding his work Binyan Ariel in his hand. The Hebrew epitaph below, informs the reader that Saul succeeded his father [Aryeh Leib] to the “throne” of the Amsterdam rabbinate in 1755 at the age of 38 years. See M.H. Gans, Memorbook (1977), p. 197
7 1/4 x 10 inches
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