Half-length portrait, full-bearded, wearing fur-trimmed scull-cap and full-buttoned embroidered great-coat, facing left. Titled. Engraving by Baltzer after H. L. Kleinhard. From Abbildungen Böhmischer und Mahrischer Gelehrten und Künstler. Prague, 1773

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $800

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author

(OPPENHEIMER, DAVID)

Place

Prague, 1773

Description

Framed

references

Rubens no. 1943

summary

Bibliophile par excellance, David ben Abraham Oppenheimer (1664-1736) was Rabbi of Prague and later Landrabbiner (Chief Rabbi) of all of Bohemia. A collector from his early youth, he utilized family wealth to establish a formidable library, which presently resides in the the Bodleian Library, Oxford

6.25 x 3.75 inches image size

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