Meditation on the Book of Ecclesiastes.

HART, SOLOMON ALEXANDER.

1864

Oil on panel. Signed and dated by the artist lower right. Contemporary frame.

A Fine example of British Portraiture of a Jew, executed by a Jewish artist. Provenance: Christie’s London, July 3rd, 1996, lot 192. Plymouth born Solomon Alexander Hart (1806-81) was a British painter and engraver. He was the first Jewish member of the Royal Academy in London and was probably the most important Jewish artist working in England in the 19th century. He remained an observant Jew all his life.