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Auction 6 · Lot 253
Manuscript Micrographic half-length portrait of “The Great Sage and Chief Rabbi of the Province of Posen” full-bearded and wearing skull-cap. Executed by Joseph Katz of Freistadt.
- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(EGER, AKIVA).
Publication
1838-9
Description
Composed of selected Hebrew verses from the Book of Psalms. Brown ink on paper, with pencil drawing of R. Akiva Eger’s burial-place
summary
Powerfully influential Rabbi and scholar (1761-1837). Portrait executed just a year following his death
Laid down. 340x450mm
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