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Auction 2 · Lot 103
(EGER, AKIVA).
- Estimate
- $2,000–$2,500
- Hammer price
- $3,200
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Strasbourg, circa 1814
Description
Half-Length portrait, full-bearded, wearing skull-cap and fur-collared great-coat. Titled in Hebrew and French (“Grand Rabbin et Professeur a Posen”). Etching by Simon Sons. Some marginal wear, unexamined out of frame. 173x242 mm (to mat). 173x242 mm (to mat)
summary
Powerfully influential Rabbi and scholar (1761-1837). Portrait probably executed upon election to the District Rabbinate of Posen.