b'F I N E & G R A P H I C A RT216 KAUFMANN, ISIDOR (1853-1921). Portrait of a Young Hasid (Wearing Shtreimel).Oil on wood panel. Vertically signed by the artist lower right. Lavish gilt frame. Dimensions: 15.5 x 19.5 inches (39.3 x 49.5 cm).(Austro-Hungarian, 1853-1921). $150,000 - $200,000THE MOST OUTSTANDING OF ALL JEWISH PORTRAIT ARTISTS. It is well documented that Kaufmann was fond of regulary utilizing particular models in his dramatic portraits set within the traditional world of Eastern Europe. Similarly, Kaufmann reused background props such as the Torah-Ark Curtain seen in the present painting. In this regard, for a Kaufmann portrait similar to ours, see Catalogue of the Jewish Museum of Vienna, Isidor Kaufmann (1995) pp. 217 (illus.) And for the Torah-Ark curtain, see: Portfolio Isidor Kaufmann, Vienna-Leipzig (1925) no. 10.105'