Auction 61 · Lot 324
Ellen Naar with her grand-daughter, Sarah Francis.
- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000
- Hammer price
- $2,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
Place
c. 1835
Description
Oil on canvas. Framed.
summary
A striking example of 19th century Sephardic-American Jewish portraiture.
Ellen Naar (d. 1856) married the wealthy Joshua Naar of the illustrious Sephardic-American family and was a member of New York’s Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Shearith Israel. For more on the Naar Family, see N. Rosenstein, The Grandees of New Jersey (2006). A detail of this portrait painting appears on page 61.
33.5 x 26.5 inches.
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