Three-quarter length portrait. Joannus Lyvyus (i.e. Jan Lievens, 1607-74).

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,300

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

Jan Lievens. BONUS, EPHRAIM HEZEKIAH (BUENO)

Place

1656

Description

Etching.

references

See Rubens 152; S.W. Morgenstein & R.E. Levine, The Jews in the Age of Rembrandt (1981) p. 66.

summary

Ephraim Bueno (1599-1665) was a distinguished physician in Amsterdam who stemmed from the Bueno de Mesquita family of Marrano origin. He was a close friend of Menasseh ben Israel and published several liturgical works in Spanish translation. Bueno`s portrait was painted by Rembrandt, entitled"The Jewish Doctor." See EJ Vol. IV col. 1460.

16.5 x 10 inches (41.9 x 25.4 cm).

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