Auction 91 · Lot 205
Portrait of Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Glasner, Chief Rabbi of Klausenburg.
- Estimate
- $400–$600
- Hammer price
- $600
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
STRUCK, HERMANN.
Publication
1920’s
Description
Lithograph. Signed by the artist in pencil below. Titled in German on verso.
summary
Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Glasner (1856–1924) served as chief rabbi of Klausenburg (Kolozsvár in Hungarian, Cluj in Romanian) from 1877 to 1923. In 1923 he left Klausenburg for Jerusalem where he died. He is best known as the author of Dor Revi'i, a commentary to Tractate Chullin and as a founder of the Mizrachi movement. His mother, Raizl (née Ehrenfeld), was the oldest granddaughter of the Chasam Sofer.
8 x 6 inches (20 x 16 cm) sheet size.
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