Auction 68 · Lot 80
Dutch Rabbi (unidentified).
- Estimate
- $6,000–$9,000
- Hammer price
- $5,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
PRINS, BENJAMIN.
Place
1926
Description
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right.
summary
Benjamin Prins (1860-1934) was born in Arnhem, the Netherlands, the son of the talented businessman and Torah scholar Liepman Philip Prins. His family moved to Frankfurt, but art studies took Prins to the Rijksakademie (Amsterdam), Koninklijke Academie (Antwerp) and Paris. After marrying Moritz Oppenheim’s niece, he settled in Amsterdam where he painted professionally, specializing in still lifes and portraits, including members of the Jewish community.
39.5 x 25.5 inches.
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