Auction 76 · Lot 347
Featuring almost 40 portraits
- Estimate
- $500–$700
- Hammer price
- $500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(RABBINIC PORTRAITS).
Description
of the great Ashkenazic and Sephardic rabbis from the 12th to 19th centuries, with a larger, central image of Maimonides; the whole topped by ‘Crown of Torah.’ Hebrew (and some German) captions which include respective rabbi’s name and other information including: city, position, magnum opus and date of death. Chromolithograph. Framed.
references
See A Mirror of Jewish Life: A Selection from The Moldovan Family Collection (Tel Aviv, 1999) no. 5.
Trimmed with loss of caption at lower margin. 14 x 19 inches (35.6 x 48.3 cm).
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