Name: Antique Print-RABBI-JEWISH-French-Flinck-c.1850
SKU: PICTURA-07044
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Antique Print-RABBI-JEWISH-French-Flinck-c.1850

€75.00

‘DER RABBINER ? THE RABBI / G. FLINCK PINXT ? W. FRENCH SC. / BELVEDERE’

– Bust-length portrait of a bearded rabbi, leaning thoughtfully on his hand, wearing a cap and robes. Richly detailed fabric rendering.

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Description

Medium: Steel engraving on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 20 x 26.5 cm (7.87 x 10.43 inch). Image size: 13.5 x 18.5 cm. (5.31 x 7.28 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Noticeable age toning and foxing throughout; good impression. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

RABBI, JEWISH PORTRAIT, 19TH CENTURY ENGRAVING, GOVERT FLINCK, W. FRENCH, OLD MASTER REPRODUCTION, JEWISH HISTORY, 1850S | PCO-A21-13

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published ca. 1850, likely in a portfolio or volume of European engraved portraits.

Biography engraver: W. French was a 19th-century British engraver known for reproductive engravings after Old Masters.

Biography artist: Govert Flinck (1615-1660) was a Dutch painter and pupil of Rembrandt, known for his portraits and biblical or historical scenes in the Baroque style.