[Rabbinical portraits collection].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Binger, Hijman Marcus, 1756-1830, author.

Contributor:

Robbins, Winfield, 1841-1910, associated name, former owner.

Gross, William L., associated name, former owner.

Schmidt, G. F. (Georg Friedrich), 1712-1775, artist.

Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, engraver, printmaker.

Da Silva, S.L., active 18th century, artist.

Faber, John, 1695?-1756, engraver.

Belisario, David Mendes, active 18th century, printmaker.

Dandridge, Bartholomew, 1691-approximately 1755, printmaker.

McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, engraver.

Pulley, George, printmaker.

Turner, James, active 18th century, artist.

Fisher, Edward, 1722-approximately 1782, engraver.

Withy, Robert, 1732-1803, printmaker.

Pinhas, G., active 18th century, artist.

Fritzsch, J. C. G., approximately 1720-1802, engraver.

Nothnagel, Johann Andreas Benjamin, 1729-1804, artist, engraver.

Slater, J.W., artist.

Holl, William, 1771-1838, engraver.

Perlmann, A.B., publisher.

Krafft, Johann Wilhelm, lithographer.

Rabat, S., lithographer.

Sachse, Louis, 1798-1877, lithographer.

Hoffmannsthal, Ignaz Edler von, 1807-1876, publisher.

Kriehuber, Josef, 1800-1876, lithographer.

Höfelich, J., lithographer.

Rothwand, Jan, publisher.

Winkelhaken, N., publisher.

Dzwonkowski, Adam, lithographer.

Mendel, Moses, 1803?-1830?, lithographer.

Solferini, Ermenegildo, active 19th century, artist.

Degenhart, B., active 19th century, lithographer.

Werff, Adriaen van der, 1659-1722, artist.

Rosaspina, Francesco, 1762-1841, lithographer, printer.

Seltmann, Johann Christian, lithographer.

Herz, Joseph, 1776-1828, lithographer.

Jacobson, Israel, 1768-1828, publisher.

Bendix, Benedict Heinrich, 1768-1828, engraver.

Kuppenheim, Michael, engraver.

Boehm, Michel Frédéric, -1844, lithographer.

Benavente, Samuel Baruch, artist.

Morriën, Johannes Henderikus, lithographer.

Nathan, Isac, active 18th century, artist.

Lehmann, Gottfried Arnold, 1766-1819, lithographer.

Henschel, Wilhelm, 1781-1865, artist.

Bernet, Jean Reynier, 1811-1867, printer.

Dümler, W., lithographer.

Kleinhard, Johann, artist.

Balzer, Jan, 1736-1799, lithographer.

Hirsch, Jechiel Michel, 1722-1780, depicted.

Ayllon, Solomon ben Jacob, approximately 1660-1728, depicted.

Mesquita, Moses Gomez de, depicted.

Faibesh, Uri, 1670-1756, depicted.

Levin, Ẓevi Hirsch ben Aryeh Loeb, 1721-1800, depicted.

Shaʼul, 1717-1790, depicted.

Yaʻaḳov Mosheh ben Shaʼul, depicted.

Dann, Löb Beer, 1708-1774?, depicted.

Nasch, Moses ben Joel, -1807, depicted.

Hirschel, Solomon, 1761-1842, depicted.

Meklenburg, Jacob Ẓevi, 1785-1865, depicted.

Neufeld, Meyer, -1859, depicted.

Oppenheimer, Samuel, 1630-1703, depicted.

Meisels, Dov Berush, 1798-1870, depicted.

Gedalia, Salomon Schachno Abrahamson, 1775?-1844, depicted.

Tedesco, Raffaele Natan, depicted.

Hezekiah ben David da Silva, 1659- depicted.

Shulman, Naphtali Herz, depicted.

Cohn, Meshullam Zalman ben Solomon, 1739-1819, depicted.

Trebitsch, Nehemiah, 1779-1842, depicted.

Jacobson, Jacob Israel, 1729-1803, depicted.

Cahen, Simon, 1759-1833, depicted.

Löwenstam, Emanuel Joachim, 1806-1845, depicted.

Hahn, Joseph Yuspa ben Phinehas Seligmann, 1570-1637, depicted.

Ṭiḳṭin, Avraham, 1764-1820, depicted.

Eybeschuetz, Jonathan, -1764, depicted.

Holdheim, Samuel, 1806-1860, depicted.

Library at the Katz Center Special Collections (University of Pennsylvania)

Rabbinical Portraits Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

C. Kürschner'schen Buchhandlung (Schwerin, Germany), publisher.

Königlich Lithographische Institut zu Berlin, lithographer, publisher.

Gebrüder Rocca, publisher.

Lithographische Anstalt von R. Reiss (Düsseldorf, Germany), lithographer.

Joseph, Burnett, & Justins (London, England), publisher.

Language:

Dutch

English

French

German

Hebrew

Italian

Latin

Polish

Portuguese

Russian

Subjects (All):

Rabbis--18th century.

Rabbis.

Rabbis--19th century.

Court Jews--18th century.

Court Jews.

Jewish philanthropists--18th century.

Jewish philanthropists.

Genre:

Portraits.

Woodcuts.

Etchings.

mezzotints (prints)

Intaglio prints.

stipple engravings (prints)

Epitaphs.

Commemorative works.

Facsimiles.

Physical Description:

28 items : portraits ; 42 x 27 cm (and smaller)

Manufacture:

1728-1850

Language Note:

In Hebrew, Latin, German, Portuguese, English, Polish, Italian, French, and Dutch.

Contents:

102.1 : [Schmidt, George Friedrich. Half-length portrait of Jechiel Michel Hirsch, rabbi of Potsdam] (Berlin : printer not identified, 1762)

102.2 : [Houbraken, Jacobus. Posthumous quarter-length portrait of Solomon Ayllon, Sephardic rabbi of Amsterdam] (Amsterdam : Jacobus Houbraken, 1728)

102.3 : [Faber, John, after Da Silva, S.L. Posthumous quarter-length mezzotint portrait of Moses Gomes da Mesquita, rabbi of the Bevis Marks Synagogue, London] (London : David Mendes Belisario, 1752)

102.4 : [McArdell, James, after Dandridge, Bartholomew. Three-quarter length mezzotint portrait of Aaron Hart, or Uri Phoebus Hamburger, of the Great Synagogue of London] (London : George Pulley, 1751)

102.5 : [Fischer, Edward, after Turner, James. Three-quarter mezzotint portrait of Ẓevi Hirsch Levin, or Hart Lyon, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain] (London : Robert Withy, 1760?)

102.6 : [Fritzsch, Johann Christian Gottfried, after Pinhas, G. Quarter-length intaglio vignette portrait of Saul Lowenstamm, rabbi of Amsterdam] (Amsterdam : printer not identified, 1780)

102.7 : [Anonymous. Quarter-length etching of Jacob Moses Löwenstamm, rabbi of Kleve and Amsterdam] (Amsterdam? : printer not identified, 1790?)

102.8 : [Nothnagel, Johann Andreas Benjamin. Half-length etched miniature portrait of Schutzjude Löb Beer Dann of Frankfurt am Main] (Frankfurt : printer not identified, 1774)

102.9 : [Joëls, A. Quarter-length medallion-style portrait of Moses Nasch, rabbi of Zwolle and Chief Rabbi of Gelderland] (Zwolle, Netherlands? printer not identified, between 1802-1807)

102.10 : [Holl, William, after Slater, J.W. Half-length stipple engraved portrait of Solomon Hirschell, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom] (London : Published by Joseph, Burnett & Justins, 1808 July 18)

102.11 : [Anonymous. Cenotaphic portrait of Jacob Moses Löwenstamm, rabbi of Kleve and Amsterdam, with his epitaph composed by Hijman Binger] (Amsterdam? printer not identified, 1815)

102.12 : [Krafft, Johann Wilhelm. Quarter-length lithograph portrait of Jacob Ẓevi Mecklenburg, rabbi of Königsberg] (Königsberg : Eigenthum von A.B. Perlmann, 1835? ; Düsseldorf : R. Reiss)

102.13 : [Rabat, S. Half-length lithograph portrait of Meyer Neufeld, rabbi in Poznań] (Berlin : L. Sachse & Co., 1850?)

102.14 : [Kriehuber, Josef. Half-length lithograph portrait of the Samuel Oppenheimer, court Jew of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, with his facsimile autograph and biography] (Vienna : Ignaz von Hoffmannsthal, 1846 ; Vienna : J. Höfelich)

102.15 : [Aschenbrenner, Henryk. Half-length lithograph portrait of Dov Berush Meisels, Chief Rabbi of Warsaw, with two facsimile autographs] (Warsaw : Nakładem J. Rothwanda i N. Winkelhakena, 1860? ; Warsaw : Zakł. A. Dzwonkowskiego i S-pki)

102.16 : [Mendel, Moses. Half-length portrait of Salomon Abrahamson Gedalia, rabbi of Copenhagen] (Copenhagen : printer not identified, [5]587 [1826 or 1827])

102.17 : [Solferini, Ermenegildo. Half-length lithographic portrait of Raffaele Natan Tedesco, rabbi of Trieste] (Trieste : Degenhart, 1815?)

102.18 : [Rosaspina, Francesco, after Van der Werff, Adriaen. Half-length mezzotint portrait of Hezekiah ben David da Silva] (Bologna : F. Rosaspina, 1814)

102.19 : [Seltmann, Johann Christian. Quarter-length profile of Naphtali Herz Shulman, rabbi and mathematician] (Leipzig : printer not identified, 1815?)

102.20 : [Herz, Joseph. Half-length lithograph portrait of Meshullam Zalman Cohn, rabbi of Fürth] (Fürth : printer not identified, 1815?)

102.21 : [Anonymous. Half-length posthumous portrait of Nehemiah Trebitsch, rabbi of Prague] (Prague? : printer not identified, 1842?)

102.22 : [Bendix, Benedict Heinrich. Half-length posthumous medallion portrait of Jacob Israel Jacobson, philanthropist and communal leader of Halberstadt] (Braunschweig : Israel Jacobson, 1804 ; Berlin : printer not identified)

102.23 : [Kuppenheim, Michael. Quarter-length portrait of Simon Cahen, Grand Rabbi of the Consistoire Israélite, Comar] (Strasbourg : Michel Frédéric Boehm, 1810?)

102.24 : [Morriën, Johannes Henderikus, after Benavente, Samuel Baruch. Three-quarter-length posthumous portrait of Emanuel Joachim Löwenstam, rabbi of Rotterdam and interim rabbi of The Hague] (Amsterdam : Jean Reynier Bernet, 1845?)

102.25 : [Lehmann, Gottfried Arnold, after Nathan, Isac. Quarter-length portrait of Joseph Hahn, rabbi of Altona-Hamburg-Wandsbek] (Hamburg? : printer not identified, 1799)

102.26 : [Dümler, W., for the Königlich Lithographische Institut zu Berlin, after Henschel, Wilhelm. Quarter-length portrait of Avraham Tiktin, rabbi of Breslau [Wrocław] and Silesia] (Berlin and Göttingen : Gebrüder Rocca, 1815?)

102.27 : [Balzer, Jan, after Kleinhard, Johann. Quarter-length trompe l'oeil portrait of Jonathan Eybeschuetz, rabbi of Prague] (Prague : printer not identified, 1760?)

102.28 : [Königlich Lithographische Institut zu Berlin. Half-length lithograph portrait of Samuel Holdheim, rabbi of Mecklenburg-Schwerin] (Schwerin : C. Kürschner'schen Buchhandlung, 1840?).

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Local Notes:

Kislak Print Coll purchased from JCL Antiques (London), October 2025. 102.7 with the stamp of the Winfield Robbins Collection (formerly sold at Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts, 2024 February 25) ; 102.9 formerly sold at Kedem Auctions, Jerusalem, auction 66 lot 144 ; 102.20 formerly sold at Kedem Auctions, Jerusalem, auction 93, 2023 July 31, lot 29 (formerly Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 112.011.041) ; and 102.24 formerly sold at Arine van der Steur Antiquariaat, Hague.

Cited in:

102.1 Greenspan, Phillip, and Mondi, Annelies. What Was the First Notable Rabbinical Portrait in Western Art? Jewish Action, Spring 2017

102.3 Rubens, A. A Jewish Iconography, page 36

102.3 Whitechapel Art Gallery. Exhibition of Jewish Art and Antiquities (1908), no. 102

102.3 Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, 240

102.4 Whitechapel Art Gallery. Exhibition of Jewish Art and Antiquities (1908), no. 77

102.4 Rubens, A. A Jewish Iconography, 8

102.4 Rubens, A. Anglo-Jewish Portraits, pages 47-49

102.4 Roth, Cecil. History of the Great Synagogue, London, p. 44, plate 3

102.5 Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v.2, page 500

102.5 Whitechapel Art Gallery. Exhibition of Jewish Art and Antiquities (1908), no. 83

102.5 Roth, Cecil. History of the Great Synagogue, London, 1690-1940, chapter 8

102.5 Rubens, A. A Jewish Iconography, 1650

102.5 Rubens, A. Anglo-Jewish Portraits, pages 71-121

102.6 Whitechapel Art Gallery. Exhibition of Jewish Art and Antiquities (1908), no. 125

102.8 Gwinner, Friedrich. Zusätze und Berichtigungen zu Kunst und Künstler in Frankfurt am Main, page 64 (no. 56)

102.8 Meuschel, Konrad. Handschriften, Bücher und Einbände von 1420 bis 1799, page 43 (no. 86)

102.14 Löhr, August von. Josef Kriehuber und die Wiener Gesellschaft seiner Zeit, v. 2, no. 1471

102.14 Grunwald, M. Samuel Oppenheimer und sein Kreis (Ein Kapitel aus der Finanzgeschichte Oesterreichs), page 1

102.15 Czubińska, Magdalena. "In eternal memory shall he remain righteous": lithographic portraits of rabbis in the collection of the National Museum in Kraków. Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia, vol. 11 (2013), page 129

102.21 Gold, Hugo. Die Juden und Judengemeinden Mährens in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, ein Sammelwerk, page 49

102.26 Jüdisches Museum in Berlin. Akiba Eger Ausstellung (Chanukka 1937), no. 34

102.27 Mortzfeld, Peter. Porträtsammlung Wolfenbüttel, A26012

102.27 Drugulin, Wilhelm Eduard. Allgemeiner Portrait-Katalog, 5203

102.27 Diepenbroick-Grüter, Hans Dietrich von. Allgemeiner Porträt-Katalog, 7631

OCLC:

1599129542